# Watson v. Sutro

> California Supreme Court · November 29, 1890 · 86 Cal. 500

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5444938

## Case

- **Full name:** WILLIAM C. WATSON v. ADOLPH SUTRO
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** November 29, 1890
- **Citations:** 86 Cal. 500; 25 P. 64; 1890 Cal. LEXIS 1061
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Works
- **Judges:** Beatty, McFarland, Works
- **Cited by:** 54 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

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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