JOHN M. BOHN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CHRISTINE M. SMITH, Defendant and Respondent
252 Cal. App. 2d 678 · 8457
California Court of Appeal · Filed
Holding
The court held that the plaintiffs, putative heirs of a decedent, lacked the legal capacity to sue to set aside alleged fraudulent transfers of property because their complaint failed to allege facts sufficient to establish a present, cognizable interest in the estate, and that the validity of a purported will could not be collaterally attacked in such an action.
Statutes construed
- PROB ยง 581
Cited by (2)
- TAMMY CABRAL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARY L. SOARES, Individually and as Executor, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents (2007) 157 Cal. App. 4th 1234
- VERGIE M. OLSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. JOANN STEEVES TOY, as Trustee, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents (1996) 46 Cal. App. 4th 818
Authorities cited (10)
- Robertson v. Burrell 110 Cal. 568
- Hall v. Alexander 18 Cal.App.2d 660
- Wood v. American National Bank 24 Cal.App.2d 313
- Holland v. McCarthy 177 Cal. 507
- Kimball v. Tripp 136 Cal. 631
- Mau v. McManaman 29 Cal.App.2d 631
- Janes v. Throckmorton 57 Cal. 368
- Phelan v. Smith 100 Cal. 158
- Reed v. Hayward 23 Cal.2d 336
- Rogers v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n 140 Cal.App.2d 228