Jacobson v. Kingsbery

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by appellants, Phil and Dorothy Jacobson, as lessors under a lease contract, against appellee, John R. Kingsbery, one of the guarantors of the faithful performance of the lease. Neither the lessee nor its assign is a party to the suit.

Appellants seek damages in the amount of $9,489.00, being the undisputed amount of delinquent rentals through December of 1964. Appellee’s Second Amended Original Answer, upon which he went to trial, contains a general denial, a plea that “Under the laws of the State of California, which are controlling herein,…