Hopkins v. Contra Costa County
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Contra Costa County and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Court.
The plaintiffs, as executrix and executors of the will of Moses Hopkins, deceased, brought this action to recover sums of money expended in fencing a public road which was laid out and opened through lands in Contra Costa county.
The complaint commences with allegations that Moses Hopkins in his lifetime made and published his last will, whereby he appointed the plaintiffs executrix and executors thereof; that Hopkins died in February, 1892, and that, in March, 1892, his said will was proved and admitted to probate in the superior court in the county of San Mateo, in this state; that…
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