Legal Opinion
Latta v. Western Inv. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1949No. 11990PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment arising over the granting of a motion to dismiss a complaint for declaratory and other relief, wherein plaintiffs seek to declare void a decree of distribution in the Mark Hopkins Estate, granted in 1883, or in the alternative a declaration that the decree failed to distribute the entire estate.
The complaint and amendments thereto in substance allege that Mark Hopkins died on March 29, 1878, and at the time of his death was a resident of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, and left estate therein. That at the…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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- United States v. PinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Case of Broderick's WillSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Freshman v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- People v. O'BrienCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Helene Marceau Sidebotham v. W. L. Robison, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Sidebotham, Deceased, and Robert Sidebotham and James SidebothamCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Boyer v. Davis (In Re U.S.A. Diversified Products, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 1995
- Frabutt v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. CoDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
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