Legal Opinion
Dobbins v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 12, 1940No. Civ. 12447PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, P. J.
Caroline W. Dobbins departed this life January 6, 1935, leaving a numerous posterity and many legatees. By a last will, she provided that the residue of her estate go to the Title Guarantee and Trust Company and her son, Horace Dobbins, as joint trustees, and that the trustees were to pay the net income from said trust estate to the said Horace during his lifetime and at his death the corpus should go to the California Institute of Technology. The executors, who were also designated trustees, were qualified February 5, 1935.
On August 2d her granddaughter, Florence Lowe Barnes, filed a contest…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- In Re Estate of CoverCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
- Smith v. WesterfieldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
- Burris v. KennedyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Martinovich v. MarsicanoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
- In re the Estate of BurtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Bennett v. ForrestCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
- Estate of De BarryCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1941
- Dobbins v. Title Guarantee & Tr. Co.California Supreme Court · 1943
- Estate of EvansCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
- Estate of CoxCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
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