Legal Opinion
Coonley & Coonley v. Turck
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided January 14, 1993No. 1 CA-CV 91-085PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’MELIA, Judge 1 .
The plaintiffs in this declaratory judgment action appeal from its dismissal and from the denial of their motion for summary judgment. We hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing based on forum non conveniens.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Roland G. Dohrmann died in 1970 leaving a 1955 will prepared for him by James E. Coonley, Sr., 2 an attorney from Hampton, Iowa. Dohrmann was survived by his wife, Sarah, and his daughter, Sarah’s stepdaughter, Mary Lou Kroll Turck, the defendant in this case. 3 Dohrmann’s will provided that his entire…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Seider v. RothNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
- Silver v. Great American InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Stangvik v. Shiley Inc.California Supreme Court · 1991
- Thomson v. Continental InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
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