Hofmeister
Hofmeister v. Delta Verde Farms
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Mussell, J.
Plaintiffs in their first amended complaint in this action for declaratory relief, injunction and accounting, action number 29292 in the superior court, seek a judgment declaring the rights and duties of the parties under a “Farm Management Agreement.” They also ask for an order restraining the defendant, Producers Imperial Company, from paying out certain funds in its possession; that judgment be rendered declaring that they are entitled to funds derived from sales of cotton from their land; and that they have judgment against the defendant, Delta Verde Farms, for the sum of $21,107.75.
On the same day on which this amended complaint was filed the Producers Imperial Company, a corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Producers”), filed a complaint in interpleader. This action, number 29349 in said superior court, joins as defendants plaintiff Ernest Hofmeister and others (hereinafter called “Kayhof”), Valley Chemical Company (hereinafter *691 called “Valley Chemical”), Union Oil Company (hereinafter called “Union”), Valley Insecticide Service Company (hereinafter called “Valley Insecticide”), the California Division of Labor Law Enforcement, Department of Industrial Relations,…