Legal Opinion
Fay v. Costa
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 23, 1905No. 119PublishedCited by 5 opinions
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff and against defendant for the sum of $1518.68, and comes before us on the judgment-roll.
The facts necessary to an understanding of the points involved are as follows:
This action was brought August 27, 1902. The complaint, among other things, alleges in substance that on the twenty-ninth day of November, 1897, defendant petitioned the superior court of Santa Clara county for letters of administration on the estate of plaintiff, alleging that he had died on or about the first day of January, 1897. That thereafter defendant was in form…
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