Legal Opinion
Mattes v. Pinkney
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 27, 1968No. Civ. 31174PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFiles, P. J.
—Defendant executrix appeals from a judgment for plaintiff in an action brought to recover the reasonable value of services rendered prior to decedent’s death.
Charles Fowler died September 27, 1963. Defendant was appointed executrix of his estate valued at $27,000. Plaintiff was not named in the will. Neither plaintiff nor the legatees in the will were, as far as the record- discloses, related to the decedent.
The action was tried before- the- court- sitting - without a jury. The court found that, prior to March' 1962, the decedent was .a. suitor of plaintiff, and during that period plaintiff…
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