Threlkel

Threlkel v. Scott

Good Law
1891 Cal. LEXIS 822·89 Cal. 351·26 P. 879
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMay 30, 1891No. 13817California535 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Fitzgerald, J.

— This action was brought by plaintiff, as the administrator of the estate of Robert N. Scott, the deceased husband of the defendant, to compel her to convey to him certain real property described in the complaint, and alleged therein to have been conveyed to her as a gift by her said husband on the day preceding his death, while fatally ill, and when he was indebted largely beyond his ability to pay.

It is further alleged that the whole of the said property so conveyed should be restored to the estate, in or"der that the value atid proceeds thereof may be applied in due course of administration to the payment of the debts and claims due and payable out of the funds of the said estate.

The defendant demurred to the complaint, upon the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The demurrer was overruled by the court below, and upon defendant filing her answer, judgment was given for the plaintiff on the pleadings in the case, upon which judgment defendant prosecutes this appeal.

A question as to pleading, of much importance, is raised by the demurrer in this case, which seems to have been overlooked by counsel, as no reference whatever is…

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