Legal Opinion
Cobbs v. Cobbs
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 3, 1942No. Civ. 2850PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
This is an action to cancel two contracts on the ground that their execution had been obtained by fraud and to have it declared that both are null and void.
The plaintiff and defendant were married in 1916 and lived in China, where the plaintiff was employed, until 1921. The plaintiff then retired from business and they established their home in San Diego. The plaintiff was then worth a half million dollars, $300,000 of which he had accumulated after the marriage.
In 1923, while the defendant was in Europe with her mother, the plaintiff went to Reno where he brought a divorce proceeding after…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Millar v. MillarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
- Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. PendergrassCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
- Williams v. HasshagenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1913
- Hunt v. L. M. Field, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1927
- Lindemann v. CoryellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1922
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- J. Bryant Kasey and Maryann Kasey v. Molybdenum Corporation of America, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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