Perrin

Perrin v. Carbone

Good Law
1 Cal. App. 295·1905 Cal. App. LEXIS 50·82 P. 222
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 11, 1905No. 34.California736 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Buckles, J.

This is an action to recover the sum of three hundred and twenty dollars, money loaned. The answer denies the loan as plaintiff pleads it, and sets up the defense that tiie money was advanced to defendant by plaintiff as the agent of the Washington Life Insurance Company of New York for the purpose of defraying the expenses of defendant, who was acting as soliciting agent for said insurance company, and that such moneys were not to be repaid except out of the commissions he, the defendant, should earn, when the same should be sufficient. The case was tried by a jury. There were but two witnesses, the plaintiff and the defendant, and the verdict was for the defendant, and judgment was rendered accordingly for defendant, for his costs, amounting to $39.65. A motion was made for a new trial, and denied. The appeal is from the judgment and from the order denying the motion for a new trial

The evidence shows no difference between the parties as to the amount of money advanced or the date when loaned, but there is a marked and substantial difference as to the repayment of the three hundred and twenty dollars, plaintiff saying it was to be repaid without any condition, and the defendant…

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