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Stott v. Johnson

Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division One
Dec 9, 1918
39 Cal.App. 96 (Cal. Ct. App. 1918)

Opinion

Civ. No. 2595.

December 9, 1918.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Daniel C. Deasy, Judge. Affirmed.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

Thos. R. White for Appellants.

F. R. Wall for Respondents.


This action was brought to recover the sum of $5,250, claimed to be due plaintiffs under an agreement of sale of certain mining property.

The parties to the action were general partners operating a gold mining dredge near the city of Nome, in Alaska. Plaintiffs owned a three-fourths interest in the partnership, and defendants entered into an agreement of purchase with plaintiffs whereby they undertook to acquire such interest. Plaintiffs by this action sued to enforce payment under the terms of the agreement. As a defense to the action defendants pleaded that the agreement sued upon had been rescinded by them because of misrepresentations of certain facts willfully and fraudulently made by plaintiffs. These alleged misrepresentations consisted of (1) that there were good values in the ground ahead of the dredge and to be worked by it that would make the dredging profitable, and (2) that one of the sellers owned a lease on valuable ground ahead of the dredge and to be worked by it.

The trial court rendered judgment for plaintiffs, and the defendants appeal.

The only specifications of error are that certain of the findings are not supported by sufficient evidence. There is no merit in the appeal. The evidence upon the questions presented was conflicting, but it is ample to support the findings of the trial court. The judgment is affirmed.

Lennon, P. J., and Sturtevant, J., pro tem., concurred.


Summaries of

Stott v. Johnson

Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division One
Dec 9, 1918
39 Cal.App. 96 (Cal. Ct. App. 1918)
Case details for

Stott v. Johnson

Case Details

Full title:J. M. STOTT et al., Respondents, v. W. W. JOHNSON et al., Appellants

Court:Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division One

Date published: Dec 9, 1918

Citations

39 Cal.App. 96 (Cal. Ct. App. 1918)
178 P. 172

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