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Probate

Sep. 19, 2002

Equitable Relief Is Not Available Where an Action at Law Exists

Focus Column - By Marshal A. Oldman and Susan J. Cooley - In Wilkison v Wiederkehr, 2002 Cal.App.LEXIS 4575 (Cal.App. Aug. 29, 2002), the 2nd District Court of Appeal reversed a lower-court judgment that had imposed a constructive trust to enforce a contract to make a will. The court determined that equitable relief was not available.

        Focus Column
        
        By Marshal A. Oldman and Susan J. Cooley
        
        In Wilkison v Wiederkehr, 2002 Cal.App.LEXIS 4575 (Cal.App. Aug. 29, 2002), the 2nd District Court of Appeal reversed a lower-court jud...

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