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Spreckels v. Spreckels

Supreme Court of California
Jun 28, 1916
172 Cal. 818 (Cal. 1916)

Opinion

S. F. No. 6693. In Bank.

June 28, 1916.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. J.M. Seawell, Judge.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

Charles S. Wheeler, John F. Bowie, Cushing Cushing, and Nathan M. Moran, for Appellants.

Morrison, Dunne Brobeck, and A.A. Moore and Stanley Moore, Amici Curiae, for Respondent.


In the original complaint filed in this case the persons named as plaintiffs were Claus A. Spreckels and Rudolph Spreckels, as executors of the last will and testament of Anna C. Spreckels, deceased, Claus A. Spreckels and Rudolph Spreckels, as executors of the last will and testament of Claus Spreckels, deceased, and Claus A. Spreckels, Rudolph Spreckels, and Emma C. Ferris, as individuals. Afterward, on leave of court, a second amended complaint was filed naming as plaintiffs only Claus A. Spreckels and Rudolph Spreckels, as executors of the last will and testament of Anna C. Spreckels, deceased.

A demurrer to the second amended complaint was sustained and judgment was directed to be entered against the plaintiffs. Thereupon judgment was given and entered that Claus A. Spreckels and Rudolph Spreckels, as executors of the last will and testament of Anna C. Spreckels, deceased, Claus A. Spreckels and Rudolph Spreckels, as executors of the last will and testament of Claus Spreckels, deceased, Claus A. Spreckels, Rudolph Spreckels, and Emma C. Ferris take nothing by said action, and that the defendants recover their costs amounting to the sum of $3.25.

From this judgment Claus A. Spreckels and Rudolph Spreckels, as executors of the will of Claus Spreckels, deceased, and Claus A., Rudolph, and Emma C., as individuals, appeal.

Upon the reasons given in case No. 6692, this day decided, the judgment is affirmed.


Rehearing denied.


Summaries of

Spreckels v. Spreckels

Supreme Court of California
Jun 28, 1916
172 Cal. 818 (Cal. 1916)
Case details for

Spreckels v. Spreckels

Case Details

Full title:CLAUS A. SPRECKELS and RUDOLPH SPRECKELS, as Executors of the Last Will…

Court:Supreme Court of California

Date published: Jun 28, 1916

Citations

172 Cal. 818 (Cal. 1916)
158 P. 543