Steiner v. Amsel

By her complaint the plaintiff sought an adjudication that she was the owner of and entitled to a one-third interest in certain properties held by the defendant, Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Long Beach, as trustee, and that the rights of the other defendants were subordinate to hers. The plaintiff had judgment and the defendants appealed.

The events leading up to the filing of the action are briefly the following:

In 1906 the plaintiff, Rosa Steiner, with her husband and two daughters, came to this country from Hungary. Here they became acquainted with Sam Amsel, who had also come to…