Pryor v. Downey

50 Cal. 388 ·

Supreme Court of California

Published · citable Cited by 2

Holding

The court held that the Probate Act of 1866, which purported to validate defective probate sales, could not cure a fundamentally void judgment rendered by a court lacking jurisdiction, and that the Legislature lacks the constitutional power to validate such void judicial proceedings or to deprive parties of property without due process of law.

Cited by (2)

Estate of CLYDE ELDON WEAVER, Deceased. DOROTHY M. TALBOT, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent, v. LOUIS E. WETZEL, Appellant (1958) 158 Cal. App. 2d 367
ALBERN E. LAMKIN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. MARGARET B. VIERRA et al., Defendants and Appellants (1961) 198 Cal. App. 2d 123