Brewer v. Simpson
California Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtSchauer, J.
Plaintiffs and defendants by cross-appeals attack a judgment which awards plaintiffs some but not all of the relief sought in an action for specific performance of a contract to make mutual wills, to declare a trust, and for an accounting. Defendant Abigail Simpson and her former husband George Brown made mutual wills which provided that all the property of the first to die should go to the survivor and all the property of the survivor should go one half to named relatives of George (not parties to this action) and one half to named relatives of Abigail (plaintiffs here). George died and…
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