C. K. Liew v. Official Receiver and Liquidator (Hong Kong), Intervenor/plaintiff-Appellee, Official Receiver and Liquidator (Hong Kong), Intervenor/plaintiff-Cross-Appellant v. C. K. Liew, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee

685 F.2d 1192 11 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 812 C. K. LIEW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OFFICIAL RECEIVER AND LIQUIDATOR (HONG KONG), Intervenor/Plaintiff-Appellee, OFFICIAL RECEIVER AND LIQUIDATOR (HONG KONG), Intervenor/Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant, v. C. K. LIEW, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee. Nos. 80-4157, 80-4167. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 14, 1981. Decided Sept. 3, 1982. Bartholomew Lee, San Francisco, Cal., for Liew. Paul A. Dezurick, Graham & James, San Francisco, Cal., for Central Banking System. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before GOODWIN and HUG, Circuit Judges, and KELLAM * , District Judge. HUG, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal arises from claims by both C. K. Liew and the Official Receiver and Liquidator (Hong Kong) (hereinafter the "Receiver") to a fund created by the settlement of claims both parties asserted against Central Banking System, Inc. ("CBSI") and Michael Rafton, its chairman. The ultimate question in this litigation is whether one Amos Dawe validly assigned his contract rights against Rafton and CBSI to Liew, or whether those rights passed by operation of law to the…