MARJORIE LUDWICKI, Plaintiff and Appellant v. BRUCE GUERIN, Individually and as Executor, etc., Defendant and Respondent
57 Cal. 2d 127 · LA26211
Supreme Court of California · Filed
Holding
The court held that a cause of action for quasi-specific performance of a contract to make a will, seeking to impose a constructive trust, accrues at the moment of the promisor’s death, not upon the subsequent distribution of the estate, and is thus subject to the applicable statutes of limitation from that date.
Statutes construed
- PROB § 300
Cited by (11)
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- SANDRA FERRARO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SUSAN CAMARLINGHI et al., Defendants and Respondents (2008) 161 Cal. App. 4th 509
- ESTATE OF MAY BARRETT MULLINS, Deceased. MARY CARTER HAWLEY et al., Petitioners and Appellants, v. JOHN McSWEENEY, as Trustee, etc., Objector and Respondent (1988) 206 Cal. App. 3d 924
- DOROTHY K. SILVERMAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNION BANK, Individually and as Executor, etc., Defendant and Respondent (1971) 21 Cal. App. 3d 352
- Estate of KATHERINE G. MILLER, Deceased. BURKE E. BURFORD, as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Respondent; SALLY MILLER FIELD et al., Distributees and Respondents, v. MIRIAM MILLER HARTMAN, Objector and Appellant (1963) 212 Cal. App. 2d 284
- CHARLES A. THOMPSON JR., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ROBERT D. BOYD, Individually and as Co-executor, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants; ALBERT E. HILL, as Administrator With the Will Annexed, etc., Defendant and Respondent (1963) 217 Cal. App. 2d 365
- LuJEAN KENNEDY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BANK OF AMERICA, as Executor, etc., Defendant and Respondent (1965) 237 Cal. App. 2d 637
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Authorities cited (12)
- Osborn v. Hoyt 181 Cal. 336
- Blair v. Mahon 104 Cal.App.2d 44
- Furman v. Craine 18 Cal.App. 41
- Keefe v. Keefe 19 Cal.App. 310
- Potter v. Bland 136 Cal.App.2d 125
- BLANCA M. DeHERMOSILLO, Respondent, v. AUGUSTIN F. MORALES, as Administrator, etc. et al., Appellants 146 Cal.App.2d 819
- McCabe v. Healy 138 Cal. 81
- Wolf v. Donahue 206 Cal. 213
- Jones v. Clark 19 Cal.2d 156
- Rogers v. Schlotterback 167 Cal. 35
- Notten v. Mensing 3 Cal.2d 469
- Bank of California v. Superior Court 16 Cal.2d 516