Legal Opinion

Estate of Lissner

California Court of Appeal

Decided July 15, 1938No. Civ. 10752PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRAY, J., pro tem.

This appeal arises out of a petition to determine heirship.

Elsa Lissner died without issue, intestate, three days after her husband, Berthold Lissner, died, in November, 1935. The respondents are a brother and two sons and a daughter of a deceased brother of Berthold Lissner. The appellants are sisters and brothers of Elsa Lissner. Three groups of property are involved in the dispute. The first consists of certain stocks which at the time of the death of Berthold Lissner were held in joint tenancy between him and his wife. The court found that these were the separate…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Estate of HarrisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Travelers Insurance v. FancherCalifornia Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Shaw v. BernalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Smith v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1920
  5. Cashman v. HarrisonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Thomasset v. ThomassetCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
  2. Middlebrook v. PerkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Gapsch v. GapschIdaho Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Estate of RattrayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Hicks v. HicksCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962

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