PLATT v. WELLS FARGO BANK

Docket No. 20938.

222 Cal.App.2d 658 (1963)

35 Cal. Rptr. 377

HOWARD C. PLATT et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. WELLS FARGO BANK AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY, as Coexecutor, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

November 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul I. Myers, Jr., David C. Dunlap and Pillsbury & Dunlap for Defendants and Appellants.

Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Ropers, Majeski & Phelps and Harold R. McKinnon for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


AGEE, J.

The trial court impressed a trust in favor of plaintiffs upon certain corporate stock. Defendants have appealed, contending that such relief is barred by the defense of illegality and unclean hands. The facts will be stated in the light most favorable to respondents.

Gladys Platt Pendleton executed her last will on October 15, 1949. After providing for certain specific bequests, the residue was left to her husband, Louis L. Pendleton, and her nephew...

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