Legal Opinion
Fruitvale Canning Co. v. Cotton
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 29, 1953No. Civ. 15284PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, J. pro tem.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants R. L. Cotton and Mamie M. Cotton, his wife, in an action to recover for money loaned to Charles E. Cotton.
Charles E. Cotton owned a box factory, and the Fruitvale Canning Company, the plaintiff, was one of his customers. He desired in connection with his box factory operations to acquire a timber supply and to construct a sawmill. To finance it he entered into an agreement with the Fruitvale Canning Company, the plaintiff, dated March 4, 1946, by which the company agreed to advance the sum of $25,000 to him. In…
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