Pennie v. Roach
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The judgment directed the plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Thomas H. Blythe, deceased, to “ pay from and out of the property and money of said estate to the defendant in this action, for the use and benefit of John A. Wright, Esq., counselor at law of this court, or to the said Wright in person, the sum of ninety-five thousand dollars, in full payment and satisfaction for the…
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The judgment directed the plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Thomas H. Blythe, deceased, to “ pay from and out of the property and money of said estate to the defendant in this action, for the use and benefit of John A. Wright, Esq., counselor at law of this court, or to the said Wright in person, the sum of ninety-five thousand dollars, in full payment and satisfaction for the services of the said Wright, as attorney and counselor at law, rendered to the said Philip A. Roach as administrator of…
1Opinion of the Court
Foote, C.
This is an action by Pennie, the administrator of the estate of Thomas H. Blythe, deceased, for an accounting against John Poach, as the executor of the last will and testament of Philip A. Poach, deceased, who had preceded Pennie as the administrator of Blythe’s estate.
Judgment was given and made in the premises, from which the plaintiff prosecutes this appeal upon the judgment roll and a bill of exceptions.
The first contention of the plaintiff is, that the judgment is void, because it is in favor of Mr. John A. Wright, an attorney at law, not a party to the action.
Conceding without…
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