Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Union Oil Co. of Cal.
California Supreme Court
Decided September 25, 1940No. L. A. 16922PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHouser, J.
On this appeal, the questions that are presented for the consideration of this court involve (1) the meaning and application of certain provisions of the rules and regulations of an “Employees’ Provident Fund” of the Union Oil Company of California, a corporation, and (2) the effect of a property-settlement agreement upon plaintiff’s right as beneficiary of the interest of her former husband in said fund.
Plaintiff and John W. Sullivan (now deceased) were married in 1912. In 1916 the husband was employed by the Union Oil Company of California. In the following year that company inaugurated its…
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