Legal Opinion

Rolls v. Allen

California Supreme Court

Decided July 19, 1928No. Docket No. L.A. 9279PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TYLER, J., pro tem.

Action in equity to establish the provisions of a joint and mutual will made by husband and wife. The case was before this court upon a former appeal taken from a decree of distribution in the matter of the estate of John Rolls, deceased. Two questions were there involved—one as to whether the assets of the estate were separate or community property, the other concerned the revocability of the joint and mutual wills made by John Rolls and his wife Leah. (Estate of Rolls, 193 Cal. 594 [226 Pac. 608].) It was there held that the property involved was the community property of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Edson v. . ParsonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  2. Estate of RollsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Monsen v. MonsenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Brown v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
  2. Notten v. MensingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Jack Lamberg, Individually and as Under the Will of Ruth N. Wood, Also Known as Ruth I. Wood v. Robert J. Callahan, as Under the Will of Ernest WoodCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
  4. Chase v. LeiterCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
  5. Shive v. BarrowCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948

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