Legal Opinion
Putnam v. Citizens' Nat. Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1935No. 7520PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CAVANAH, District Judge.
Josephine Phelps Putnam, a daughter of William Howe Phelps, deceased, and a bene*59ficiary of the testamentary trust created by the will of the deceased, brings this suit against appellee, Citizens’ National Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles, executor of his estate, charging that appellee had fraudulently and unlawfully commingled other assets with the assets of the estate in such a way that only by an accounting in equity could the assets of the estate be marshaled, and for damages. The appeal is from a decree of dismissal on appellee’s motion to •dismiss and presents…
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