Geller

The plaintiff recovered judgment in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County for the sum of $1,000, for and on account of one-half of the bonus of $2,000 paid for the lease of certain oil lands situate in said county. The record does not show exactly the character of the- claim, or title or right of the plaintiff in and to the lands hereafter described, but it is admitted in the action that the plaintiff had some claim thereto.

In consideration of the execution of a quitclaim deed by the plaintiff to the properties hereinafter mentioned, the following agreement was entered into:

Thereafter, the defendants, in behalf of certain owners of said property other than the plaintiff, after negotiating with the California Petroleum Corporation, effected a lease of the premises to said corporation, and as found by the trial court obtained from said corporation for said lease a bonus in the sum of $2,000. The testimony in relation to the payment of the $2,000 is as follows:

In sustaining an objection the court said: “I think the objection is w;ell taken. It seems to me that is the whole issue in the case, the question of whether or not a bonus was paid. The Court: It is the deal with the…