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Trusts & Estates

Feb. 25, 2011

Jewish Charity Donation Claim Fizzles

A leading Jewish charity failed to prove the late Ameriquest Mortgage founder Roland E. Arnall promised to give it $18 million to help build a community center, a judge has ruled in a tentative decision.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A leading Jewish charity failed to prove that the late Ameriquest Mortgage founder Roland E. Arnall promised to give it $18 million to build a community center, a judge ruled in a tentative decision.


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mary Ann Murphy ruled after a bench trial that there was insufficient evidence to prove that Arnall promised the sum to Chabad of California Inc. He ...

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