Burton v. Santa Barbara Nat'l Bank

This is an appeal from order granting defendant’s motion to exclude evidence of matters alleged in paragraph Y of plaintiff’s complaint.

Suit on a common count was brought on a rejected creditor ’s claim against defendant bank as special administrator of the estate of Carl A. Wolf, deceased; the claim is set up in paragraph Y as follows: “From January 1, 1959, to August 31, 1965, plaintiff collected contingent liabilities owed on automobile contracts at the Bank of America and at the First Western Bank, ... in behalf of Carl A. Wolf, deceased, the reasonable value of the services rendered in…