Williams v. Lockwood
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Bishop, Hoefler, Cook & Harwood, and Alfred J. Harwood, for Appellant. Frank H. Short, A. E. Bolton, and Carlton Gray, for Respondents.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to set aside a sale of real property made by her to Arthur R. Briggs. Briggs died after the consummation of the transaction, and the suit was brought against the executors of his will and the beneficiaries named therein.
The plaintiff, and her brother, Orville Pratt, had succeeded, upon the death of their grandfather, O. C. Pratt, to the ownership of considerable property in Butte' and Glenn Counties, and elsewhere, in this state. Up to 1899, or thereabouts, the plaintiff lived in California, but in that year she was married to Dr. Carl Williams, and…
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