Percival

Percival v. Jack

Good Law
1906 Cal. App. LEXIS 52·4 Cal. App. 199·90 P. 555
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaAugust 3, 1906Civ. No. 214.California548 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

McLAUGHLIN, J.

The controlling facts in the case at bar are identical with the facts in the case of Moss v. Jack, this day decided [ 90 Pac. 552 ], Here, as there, one of the devisees of the estate of "William S. Moss, deceased, is seeking to have the assignment and deed, so fraudulently mentioned in the opinion of Moss v. Jack , declared fraudulent and void, to compel an accounting and annul certain decrees settling the accounts of defendant as executor of the estate of William S. Moss, deceased.

The only essential difference between the two cases is that here the plaintiff is seeking to recover the sum of $45,000, and specifically alleges.the misappropriation of $68,000 worth of bonds in addition to the property mentioned in the other suit. The court found that the decedent never owned and that defendant never received the bonds in question, and the other findings are substantially the same as the findings in Moss v. Jack , with the single exception that there is no specific finding on the question of laches. Plaintiff appeals from the order denying her motion for a new trial.

The findings are fully supported by the evidence. It is unnecessary to indulge in a lengthy review of the testimony…

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