Morrissey v. Gray
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Butte County and from an order refusing a new trial. E. P. McDaniel, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
The action is to quiet title. The appeal is from the judgment and the order denying plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial. In July, 1887, Timothy Morrissey died intestate. He left surviving him Johanna Morrissey, his widow, and eight minor children. His estate consisted of a ranch of three hundred acres, which was community property, encumbered by a mortgage to one Moses Wick. The widow was appointed administratrix of the estate, her petition for appointment being signed by Gray & Sexton, attorneys at law, the firm consisting of Warren Sexton and John C. Gray, defendant and respondent herein. In…
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