Legal Opinion

Riffel v. Letts

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 14, 1916No. Civ. No. 1992PublishedCited by 10 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. - Frederick W. Houser, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtConrey, P. J.

The defendant Arthur Letts owns and operates a department store in the city of Los Angeles. The plaintiff purchased certain merchandise in his store and requested that it he delivered to her at her residence, the price to be paid on delivery. The goods were delivered by the defendant Withrow, an employee of Letts, to whom the plaintiff tendered a ten-dollar bill and received the change amounting to $8.65. While this exchange of money was going on the plaintiff suddenly remembered that she had had in her possession two ten-dollar bills; and acting under the belief that she had delivered one of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Kimic v. San Jose-Los Gatos Interurban Ry.California Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Johnson v. PerrySupreme Court of Vermont · 1884

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Reneau v. HirschCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1927
  2. Brown Ex Rel. Brown v. MartinezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Fawkes v. ReynoldsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Johnson v. PearsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1929
  5. Collins v. JonesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1933

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