Legal Opinion
Dexter v. Ankiewicz
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 12, 1938No. Civ. 11717PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOMB, J.
From a judgment in favor of plaintiff after trial before the court without a jury in an action to recover damages for breach of an alleged contract defendant appeals.
The pertinent facts are:
May 17, 1935, Edmund Ankiewiez died in Los Angeles County. The public administrator of Los Angeles County filed a petition for letters testamentary of the estate of Edmund Ankiewiez. In this petition it was alleged that the heirs at law of the decedent were unknown and that no last will and testament had been found.
Subsequently plaintiff, who was engaged in the business of searching for lost heirs caused…
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- Mercantile Trust Co. v. Sunset Road Oil Co.California Supreme Court · 1917
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