Guerrieri v. Severini

Plaintiffs, Lewis Guerrieri, and his copartners in the Santa Fe Vintage Company, brought an action for damages for the breach of a contract for the sale of approximately 200,000 gallons of wine against defendant, Phil J. Severini. In that action the trial court found that there was no contract entered into between the parties. On appeal the judgment was reversed and a new trial was ordered. (Guerrieri v. Severini, 132 Cal.App.2d 269 [281 P.2d 879].)

At the second trial, the court found that there was a valid written contract between the parties which had been breached by defendant Severini but…