Legal Opinion
Owen v. Off
California Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 1951No. L. A. 21617PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.
In an action to recover a commission for the sale of certain securities on behalf of the defendants summary judgment was entered in their favor. The plaintiff appealed.
It is alleged in the complaint that the defendants had engaged the plaintiff to find a purchaser for and to sell, or effect the sale of, their 1,275 shares of stock in the Figueroa Building Corporation, and had agreed to pay him a specified commission; that through the plaintiff’s efforts a sale of the stock was effected to the Greene-Haldeman Company, but that no commission was paid. In the defendants’ answer it is admitted…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In re the Estate of PearsonsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
- Rhode v. BartholomewCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949
- McKenna v. EdwardsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1937
- Van Wyke v. BurrowsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1929
- Dougherty v. CrossCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
3Cited by13 opinions
- All Points Traders, Inc. v. Barrington AssociatesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989
- Currie v. StolowitzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
- R. M. Sherman Co. v. W. R. Thomason, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1987
- Evans v. Riverside International RacewayCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
- Lyons v. StevensonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
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