Opinion

Watson v. Sutro

  • 86 Cal. 500
  • 25 P. 64
  • 1890 Cal. LEXIS 1061
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Nov 29, 1890
Status
Published
Author
Works
On the bench
Beatty, McFarland, Works
Cited by
54 cases

“Notice to counsel or attorney is constructive notice to client.”

How later courts described this case

  • “Notice to counsel or attorney is constructive notice to client.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Works, J., concurring.

—I concur. An equitable estate may be one of inheritance. If so, and the title is one under which the party holding it is entitled to possession, I am of the opinion that he may maintain an. action for. partition.

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