Blair v. Brownstone Oil & Refining Co.
California Court of Appeal
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
WORKS, J., pro tem
This case has been heard three times in the trial court, by a different judge on each occasion. On each of the two earlier trials judgment went for the defendant, but the judgments were reversed on appeal in each instance. (Blair v. Brownstone Oil & Refining Co., 17 Cal. App. 471, [120 Pac. 41]; Id., 168 Cal. 632, [143 Pac. 1022].) On the trial which last took place judgment was recovered by the plaintiff. The defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
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