CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Except. Requiring Unavail
......Exception: Decedent's Stmts Against Estate
.........Limitation: Untrustworthiness
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Hearsay declarations of deceased must be trustworthy to be used against estate.

Declarant's statement he did not want or need insurance admissible in action against estate.

Decedent's statement re nature of conveyance admissible as hearsay even though self-serving.