Clecak

Clecak v. Dunn

Good Law
1928 Cal. App. LEXIS 567·95 Cal. App. 537·272 P. 1104
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 17, 1928Docket No. 6569.California1,112 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Dooling, J.

Plaintiff and appellant, who is the divorced wife of respondent John A. Clecak, on June 14, 1926, procured a writ of execution for unpaid alimony in the sum of $2,078 to he levied on the respondents W. F. Dunn and J. A. Williams, copartners doing business as Dunn-Williams Co., to garnish a debt alleged to be owing from said Dunn and Williams to respondent Clecak. Dunn and Williams, by return to the levy, denied any indebtedness to Clecak. Thereafter, on June 26, 1926, appellant commenced this suit in equity seeking a decree establishing the existence of said alleged indebtedness and compelling its application in satisfaction of said judgment for alimony. Respondents answered, admitting that the respondent Clecak had earned a certain commission of $1,500 by reason of an exchange of two parcels of real property in the negotiation of which he had acted as one of the brokers, but alleged that nothing was due or owing from respondents Dunn and Williams to respondent Clecak by reason of the following facts: That on January 19, 1926, Dunn and Williams had become the accommodation makers with Clecak of one promissory note for $4,000 and had unconditionally, guaranteed the payment of…

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