LUCAS v. HAMM

Docket No. S.F. 20269.

56 Cal.2d 583 (1961)

364 P.2d 685

15 Cal. Rptr. 821

ROBERT LUCAS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. L.S. HAMM, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 5, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reginald G. Hearn for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Philip H. Angell, Scott Elder, Robert M. Adams, Jr., Angell, Adams, Gochnauer & Elder and B.E. Kragen for Defendant and Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiffs, who are some of the beneficiaries under the will of Eugene H. Emmick, deceased, brought this action for damages against defendant L.S. Hamm, an attorney at law who had been engaged by the testator to prepare the will. They have appealed from a judgment of dismissal entered after an order sustaining a general demurrer to the second amended complaint without leave to amend.

The allegations of the first and second causes of action are...

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