Davenport v. Stratton

24 Cal.2d 232 (1944)

ALICE DAVENPORT, Appellant,

v.

GEORGE W. STRATTON, Respondent.

L. A. No. 18664.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 2, 1944.

Mathes & Sheppard and Gordon F. Hampton for Appellant.

James V. Brewer for Respondent.

CURTIS, J.

Plaintiff, as the assignee of 11 West 42nd Street, Inc., a New York corporation (hereinafter referred to as the lessor or the corporation), instituted this action to recover from the defendant an amount alleged to have been due and unpaid under the terms of a certain lease and agreement executed by her assignor, as lessor, and one Albert De Windt, as…