Legal Opinion
Wood v. Brown
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 17, 1974No. Civ. 42294PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DUNN, J.
This is an appeal by plaintiff from a summary judgment entered against him and in favor of defendant Jere Erie Brown, as executrix of the will of Bert M. Lewy, deceased.
On April 6, 1971, plaintiff commenced an action to recover sums of money on various theories including common counts, a promissory note, continuing guarantees, fraudulent transfers, and conversion. One of the defendants was Bert Lewy, sued as a copartner of two partnerships which also were named as defendants. Lewy died on April 27, 1971, without having been served with process in the action.
On August 24, 1971,…
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