Cooper v. Wilder
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of San Diego and from an order denying a new trial. W.- L. Pierce, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTemple, J.
Action to quiet title to forty acres of land in San Diego county. The land was entered as a timber-culture claim in November, 1879, by David *193Cooper, plaintiff's father. David Cooper died testate in July, 1881, leaving his widow sole beneficiary of his will and expressly excluding plaintiff from any share of his estate. The property was duly distributed to the widow. In 1892 a patent was issued by the United States conveying the land in terms to the heirs of David Cooper, deceased. In 1891, before the issuance of the patent, the widow, who was the sole devisee of David Cooper and the sole…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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