Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Hughes
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 7, 1920No. Civ. No. 3501PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWaste, P. J.
Plaintiff brought this action against her husband seeking specific performance of an alleged oral antenuptial agreement to convey real and personal property after marriage. A demurrer to the amended complaint was sustained and plaintiff, declining to further amend, judgment was entered for the defendant, from which plaintiff appeals.
It is alleged in the amended complaint that the defendant is seventy-two years of age, and possesses property of the value of more than five million dollars. Between April 30 and December 24, 1918, the defendant importuned plaintiff to marry him, and offered, if…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Glass v. HulbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Daily ex rel. Daily v. MinnickSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- Gould v. MansfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Monsen v. MonsenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
- Trout v. OgilvieCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Woods v. Security-First National BankCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
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- McComsey v. LeafCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1939
- Ayoob v. AyoobCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
- Brought v. HowardArizona Supreme Court · 1926
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