Borges

Borges v. Hillman

Good Law
1921 Cal. App. LEXIS 604·51 Cal. App. 399·197 P. 128
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 14, 1921Civ. No. 2217.California796 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Burnett, J.

The suit was upon an undertaking executed by defendants. Therein they guaranteed the payment of the costs on appeal from an order' appointing a receiver in an action brought by Joseph F. Borges against Ida J. Dunham to have it decreed that said plaintiff was the owner of a certain tract of land comprising 170 acres, and that said defendant held the same in trust for the use and benefit of said Borges, and to recover the rents and profits of said land. In said undertaking the sureties also made themselves liable for the payment by said Dunham of said rents and profits, limiting, however, their responsibility for both purposes to the sum of $1,000. The judgment was in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $839, from which the appeal has been taken. A similar action was brought in 1915, and it was claimed by defendants, among other things, that it was premature, since the judgment in the original action had not become final. This view was adopted by the trial court and the judgment was affirmed herein. The said original judgment became final, by virtue of the action of the supreme court in dismissing the appeal October 13, 1919. Thirty-one days thereafter this action was brought and…

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