Legal Opinion
Guardianship of Garbini
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 20, 1938No. Civ. 10751PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRAY, J., pro tem.
Appeal from an order awarding respondents $5,000 attorneys’ fees based upon a petition by respondent attorneys entitled, “Petition for approval of contract of employment of attorneys.”
Pierina D’Ambrosio is the mother of Marion Rose Garbini, a minor, and the former wife of Agostini Garbini. In 1920, Garbini and his wife Pierina entered into a separation agreement; Garbini then went to Italy, sending his brother Luigi over to collect his share of the property under said agreement, amounting to some $94,000, and leaving in California only two pieces of property valued at a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Walling v. KrugerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
- Stafford v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1934
3Cited by7 opinions
- Guardianship of JacobsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947
- James G. Smyth, Collector of Internal Revenue v. Mazie Erickson, of the Last Will and Testament of Timothy H. Carlon, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Estate of CoxCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
- Estate of ReyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1939
- Jones v. BarnettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963
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