Halperin

The issue for resolution on appeal is whether the evidence was sufficient to support the trial court’s decision that appellant/defendant (son) received the benefit of monies loaned to appellant’s father (father) by respondent/plaintiff (plaintiff) and is therefore obligated, along with father, to repay plaintiff. (Civ. Code, § 3521.) 1 Applying the usual standards of appellate review, we conclude there was sufficient evidence permitting application of this rule of equity. Accordingly, the judgment below is affirmed.

Facts

The facts are stated in the light most favorable to the judgment. (Campbell v. Southern Pacific Co. (1978) 22 Cal.3d 51, 60 [ 148 Cal.Rptr. 596 , 583 P.2d 121 ].) Plaintiff moved to California from New York after retiring from the United States Postal Service in 1971. In California, plaintiff worked part-time as a typist for Jay Vasquez who owned a small financial consulting business. In 1979, Mr. Vasquez introduced plaintiff to father and son at Caraville Arms, the family gun manufacturing business, explaining to plaintiff before the meeting that father was in dire financial circumstances and needed a loan.

Plaintiff and father soon developed a close…