Legal Opinion
Estate of Dolley
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 20, 1968No. Civ. 8619PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKerrigan, J.
This is an appeal from a decree [judgment] denying a petition to determine heirship, wherein the petitioner sought an order compelling the coexecutors of the decedent’s estate to satisfy and exonerate an indebtedness secured by a deed of trust upon a Laguna Beach residence owned by petitioner and decedent as joint tenants.
During his lifetime, the decedent Roy P. Dolley had been a prominent and successful attorney. He was killed in an automobile accident on July 22, 1964. At the time of his demise, he was living with the petitioner, his surviving wife, in Laguna Beach. In addition to his…
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