Cohen v. Knox
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.
— In the year 1883 there was a treaty or agreement of marriage pending between the plaintiff, then a young unmarried woman, and Alfred H. Cohen. Cohen was then a young lawyer just beginning the practice of his profession, and having no income or means sufficient to procure a home and support a family; and they were both unwilling to get married until they had a home. These facts coming to the knowledge of Watson A. Bray, the father of plaintiff, he concluded, in order to encourage the consummation of said marriage, to convey to plaintiff a lot of land and build a house thereon as a home for…
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