Buckley v. Gray
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County. Frank B. Ogden, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Fleet, J.
Action to recover for negligence of attorney in drafting and executing a will.
The court below sustained a demurrer to the complaint, and plaintiff failing to amend, judgment was entered against him, from which he appeals.
The complaint alleges, in substance, that on October 5, 1883, defendant, an attorney at law, was employed by Mrs. O. M. A. Buckley, the mother of plaintiff, to draw her will, which she desired and directed to be so drawn as to leave all the residue of her estate (after certain specific legacies), to her two sons, then living, the plain, tiff and one John P. Buckley, to the…
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