Legal Opinion
Alfafara v. Fross
California Supreme Court
Decided May 22, 1945No. S. F. No. 17108PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.
The plaintiff, a native Filipino, sought specific performance of a contract of sale of real property in which he was named as the purchaser and the defendant as *359the seller. After a hearing on stipulated facts, the trial court entered a decree in favor of the plaintiff. Defendant appealed. The question for decision is whether, under the Alien Land Act (Stats. 1921, p. Ixxxiii, adopted as an initiative measure, Deering’s Gen. Laws, Act 261, as amended), the plaintiff is harred from acquiring real property in this state.
Plaintiff was born on May 19, 1899, in the Philippine Islands, of parents…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Terrace v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Gonzales v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- White v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Webb v. O'BRIENSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Decano v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Sei Fujii v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
- Del Guercio v. GabotCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
- Estate of Kraemer v. StateCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
- Alfafara v. FrossCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- Estate of Kraemer v. StateCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
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