Brunnings v. Townsend
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco; F. M. Angellotti; Judge. Action by Mary Brunnings, an insane person, by her guardian, E. Myron Wolf, against Huida R. Townsend. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. Motion to dismiss appeal denied.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.
In this case the superior court made an order for the payment of an attorney’s fee out of the estate of the plaintiff. After payment by the guardian, the appellant, Townsend, made a motion to vacate the order allowing the attorney’s fee, and requiring its repayment by the attorney, with interest. In due time the superior court made an order which expressly vacated the previous order allowing the attorney’s fee, but was not explicit upon the point of repayment. The appellant, acting upon the theory that the effect of the second order was to deny that part of her motion relating to repayment,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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