Legal Opinion

Tracy v. Colby

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1880No. 6,702PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from a judgment for the defendants, in the Sixteenth District Court, County of Kern. Reed, J. The facts are stated by the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Sharpstein, J.:

This is an action brought by F. A. Tracy, guardian ad litem of the minor heirs of Thomas Baker, deceased, and the widow of said Thomas Baker, to obtain a decree setting aside certain conveyances made by the administratrix of the estate of Thomas Baker, deceased, to defendant Hewlett, on the ground that the purchase made by said defendant Hewlett was made *69in part in the interest of defendant Colby, the then County Judge and ex-qfficio Probate Judge of Kern County.

The facts, about which there is no controversy in this case, are: that Thomas Baker died intestate; that his widow…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Carrillo v. De la GuerraCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation Dist. v. Superior Court of Tulare Cty.California Supreme Court · 1920
  2. Graves v. Mono Lake Hydraulic Mining Co.California Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Golson v. DunlapCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
  4. In re Frazin & OppenheimCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
  5. Baker v. WeaksCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917

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