THORLEY v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 16801.

78 Cal.App.3d 900 (1978)

144 Cal. Rptr. 557

WILLIAM R. THORLEY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent; THOMAS J. THORLEY, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

March 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Charles F. Abbott, Peter J. Mueller and Mueller & Abbott for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Higgs, Fletcher & Mack and Thomas E. Miller for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

BROWN (Gerald), P.J.

Petitioner William R. Thorley seeks a prerogative writ to compel the San Diego County Superior Court to grant a stay of proceedings, to vacate its trial setting, and to admit a foreign will to probate for ancillary administration.

The principal question presented is whether an appealable Utah judgment admitting a will to probate is a final judgment entitled to full faith and credit by the courts...

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