Gelgud v. Los Angeles Rock & Gravel Co.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants. It was stipulated that the Los Angeles Rock & Gravel Corporation acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of the Los Angeles Rock & Gravel Company. For brevity the defendants will hereinafter be referred to as-the Company. No findings were made by the trial court, the ease having been tried upon an agreed statement of facts. According to the stipulation plaintiff was the owner of the real property described in the complaint and on or about October 10, 1931, he employed the Company to do certain excavation work thereon for the…