Petersen
Petersen v. Taylor
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Paterson, J.
This is an action to recover the sum of $780 claimed to be due plaintiff on two causes of action; the first is for $125 alleged to have been received by the defendant from one Calvert for the use and benefit of plaintiff, and the *337 other is for $655, which it is alleged the defendant holds for plaintiff as assignee of B. & B. Bonnett, under a certificate of which the following is a copy:
Findings were waived, judgment was entered in favor of defendant, and plaintiff has appealed.
As to the first cause of action, it is sufficient to say there is a substantial conflict in the evidence and the judgment of the court thereon must stand.
The plaintiff alleged that after defendant collected from the city and county of San Francisco the $655 referred to in the last cause of action stated, and assigned and delivered to Blie Bonnett, for the benefit of all concerned, the certificate above mentioned, all disputes about the ownership of the money were settled, and the interests therein of both Blie and B. were sold and transferred to plaintiff; that thereafter, to wit, on December 1, 1887, plaintiff notified defendant of the assignment to him, and demanded payment, which demand was…