Legal Opinion

Chapman v. Hughes

California Supreme Court

Decided December 4, 1901No. S.F. No. 968PublishedCited by 46 opinions

The record shows the consolidation of three several actions, numbered 4343, 4532, and 5268, in each of which W. S. Chapman was plaintiff and is appellant, and in each of which Thomas E. Hughes was a defendant. In the action numbered 4343, E. W. Chapman is a party defendant and appellant. Other defendants were joined in each of the actions, the most numerous' defendants being made such in the action numbered 4343. Further facts are stated in the opinions of the court.

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The record shows the consolidation of three several actions, numbered 4343, 4532, and 5268, in each of which W. S. Chapman was plaintiff and is appellant, and in each of which Thomas E. Hughes was a defendant. In the action numbered 4343, E. W. Chapman is a party defendant and appellant. Other defendants were joined in each of the actions, the most numerous' defendants being made such in the action numbered 4343. Further facts are stated in the opinions of the court. Garret W. McEnerney, George H. Maxwell, and T. M. Osmont, for Appellants.

1Opinion of the Court

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.]

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] In the decision in this case rendered in Bank, April 7, 1900, it was held that the finding of the trial court upholding the deed of conveyance made by Thomas E. Hughes to his daughter-in-law, Matilda B. Hughes, was unsupported, and that the conveyance was void, or, at least, voidable at the instance of the cestui que trust, Chapman.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Frink v. RoeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886

3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Albertson v. RaboffCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Willis v. WillisWyoming Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Bateman v. KelloggCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1922
  4. Lowe v. OzmunCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1906
  5. Peterson v. WagnerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921

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