Kiefer

Kiefer v. Laventhal

Good Law
110 Cal. 667·1896 Cal. LEXIS 531·43 P. 205
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJanuary 10, 1896L. A. No. 89California360 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Henshaw, J.

Appeal from the judgment entered after demurrer sustained to plaintiff's second amended complaint; plaintiff refusing further to amend.

The facts pleaded are that Brown and Beaslin entered into an agreement (set forth in full in the complaint) by which Brown sold to Beaslin, for the sum of sixty dollars to him paid, certain personal property. This property consisted of “all of the goods in and owned by me in my place of business in the town of Azuza”—a retail liquor saloon.

“As a further and separate agreement between the parties,” Beaslin agreed to deposit with the firm of Laventhal & Sons (defendants herein) three hundred dollars, “to be paid to the party of the first part upon the procurement of the right to sell and carry on the business at the place above named; that is, the retail or liquor business within the same.”

Beaslin deposited the money with Laventhal & Sons, who hold it. Brown assigned his interest and rights “as per agreement” to Kiefer; Kiefer, after demand upon Laventhal & Sons, commenced this action to obtain the three hundred dollars, making Tappeiner, who claimed by assignment from Beaslin, one of the defendants.

The complaint nowhere avers that Beaslin…

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