Rickli v. Autzen

Plaintiffs brought an action based on the theory of restitution, claiming that defendants were unjustly enriched by money paid by plaintiffs to a third party under a mistake of fact. A demurrer was sustained to plaintiffs’ complaint and plaintiffs appealed from a judgment dismissing their complaint which was entered when they refused to plead further.

The complaint states that defendants were the owners of all the stock in a corporation called Western Manufacturing Company. They offered the stock to two individuals, Dutton and Scheidt, for the sum of $500,000, payable $75,000 down and the…