Taylor v. Johnston
California Supreme Court
West & Girardi, Daniel W. Gage, Thomas V. Girardi, Robert E. Courtney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Robert Forgnone and Wayne W. Call for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants. Iverson, Yoakum, Papiano & Hatch, Neil Papiano and Donald M. Robbins and Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, J.
In this action for damages for breach of contract defendants Elizabeth and Ellwood Johnston, individually and as copartners doing business as Old English Rancho, appeal from a judgment entered after a nonjury trial in favor of plaintiff H. B. Taylor and against them in the amount of $132,778.05 and costs.
Plaintiff was engaged in the business of owning, breeding, raising and racing thoroughbred horses in Los Angeles County. Defendants were engaged in a similar business, and operated a horse farm in Ontario, California, where they furnished stallion stud services. In Januaiy…
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