Couco v. Drinkhouse
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco directing the sale of the real property of a deceased person. George H. Bahrs, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion. R. E. Houghton, and Timothy J. Lyons, Emilio Lastrato, and T. J. Crowley, for Appellants.
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNES, C.
This appeal is from an order of the superior court directing the sale of real property belonging to the estate of said John Cook (otherwise known as Giovanni Cuoco), deceased. The appellants are those who would succeed to his estate.
The ground upon which a reversal is urged is, that the petition upon which the order was based does not comply with the requirements of section 1537 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in that the value of the real estate sought to be sold was not stated in the petition, and it was not alleged that its value could not be ascertained.
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