Legal Opinion
Forrest v. Elam
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 8, 1979No. Civ. 17942PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GARDNER, P. J.
Plaintiff appeals from the judgment in a partition action. The case arises long after the distribution of the estate of Alice E. Forrest, deceased. She provided in her will for her six children, plaintiff (Fern) included. As part of her dispositive plan she gave Fern the real property here involved “for so long as he lives upon the property, and upon his removal from the property, or upon his death, then the property is to be distributed to those children living at that time, share and share alike.”
Alice E. Forrest died in 1960 and Fern took his life estate. In 1975 Fern…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Trollope v. JeffriesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1976
- Capuccio v. CaireCalifornia Supreme Court · 1932
- Giacomelos v. Bank of AmericaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1961
- Riley v. TurpinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
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