Metzenbaum v. Metzenbaum

SCOTT (Robert H.), J. pro tem.

Three actions consolidated for trial were decided in favor of plaintiff and from that judgment defendants appeal.

Following the example of all counsel, we shall refer to the parties by their respective first names. Defendants Walter and Rose were husband and wife. They are parents of plaintiff Murray and of Fanchon.

There has been prolonged and bitter litigation among these parties (see Metzenbaum v. Metzenbaum, 86 Cal.App.2d 750 [195 P.2d 492]; Metzenbaum v. Metzenbaum, 96 Cal.App.2d 197 [214 P.2d 603]; Metzenbaum v. Metzenbaum, 115 Cal.App.2d 395 [252 P.2d 31,…