First Nat'l Bank of Covina v. Ruddock Co.

Plaintiff, as assignee of a body constituting the Citizens’ Right of Way Committee of the city of Covina, brought this action against the defendant Charles H. Ruddock to recover on two promissory notes executed by him to the committee and recovered judgment thereon, and from said judgment and a denial of his motion for a new trial, said Ruddock appeals.

It appears that a large number of persons whose property and personal interests in and about the city of Covina would be benefited and advanced by the construction of an electric road which would connect the city of Los Angeles with the city of Covina, appointed a committee whose duty it should be to obtain the construction of such a line, and to that end secure the necessary funds and procure a right of way over which the said electric road to Covina should be constructed.

The defendant Ruddock, along with many others, executed notes to the treasurer of the committee to defray the expense of such right of way, the main inducement for their execution being the benefits which would accrue to their lands by reason of the construction and operation of an electric road between the two cities.

Ruddock, in aid of such purpose,…