Taylor v. Odell

50 Cal.App.2d 115 (1942)

WALLACE TAYLOR et al., Respondents,

v.

A. J. ODELL, Appellant.

Civ. No. 13218.

California Court of Appeals. Second Dist., Div. Two.

Feb. 25, 1942.

Louis N. Whealton for Appellant.

Joseph A. Ball for Respondents.

MOORE, P. J.

This action arose out of an agreement by defendant to assign to plaintiffs a royalty in an oil well for a consideration which was rendered. Defendant appeals.

On July 30, 1933, defendant procured a lease from one Seeger upon a small lot in the Huntington Beach oil field. He assigned the lease to the Two-and-One Oil Company, reserving unto himself the 20 per…