Legal Opinion
Estate of Thatcher
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 26, 1953No. Civ. 19616PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOMB, J.
From a judgment of dismissal predicated upon the ground that the action had not been brought to trial within five years after the date of the filing thereof, plaintiffs appeal.
Plaintiffs are the sons of A. D. Thatcher who died in 1920. In 1946 a bank account belonging to A. D. Thatcher, and unknown or forgotten by his survivors, was placed in the custody of the Controller of the State of California pursuant to the Abandoned Properties Act (see title 8A of the Code of Civil Procedure, repealed in 1951, and title 10 enacted in lieu thereof).
Chronology
i. May 24,1947, a petition to recover…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Rosefield Packing Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
- Superior Oil Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- Bayle-Lacoste & Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1941
- Smith v. Bear Valley Milling & Lumber Co.California Supreme Court · 1945
- Rio Vista Mining Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1921
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3Cited by15 opinions
- General Insurance v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- Big Bear Mun. Water Dist. v. Superior Court of San Bernardino Cty.California Court of Appeal · 1969
- Nail v. OsterholmCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
- State v. Hawaiian Dredging Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1964
- Wright v. Groom Trucking Co.California Court of Appeal · 1962
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