Skookum Oil Co. v. Thomas

This appeal is here for further consideration after decision by the district court of appeal for the third appellate district affirming a judgment in favor of the defendant.

The action was brought to recover the sum of twenty thousand dollars received by defendant from R. L. Patterson, W. E. Dingley, and H. H. Dingley, assignors of plaintiff and from plaintiff pursuant to a certain option to purchase land. The court made a general finding that the averments of the complaint, except as to the corporate capacity of plaintiff, were untrue, and rendered judgment in favor of defendant. The appeal…