Hillyer v. Eggers
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. George E. Crothers, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtKerrigan, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant from an adverse judgment in an action for the recovery of $730, claimed to have been unlawfully taken under execution.
In the early part of the year 1914 the Sequoia Motor Car Company gave in payment for legal services rendered to it its promissory note for three hundred dollars to its attorney, O. C. Pratt. Prior to its maturity the payee, for a valuable consideration, transferred it to the plaintiff. At its maturity it was unpaid. Subsequently H. J. Small became a judgment creditor of the company in the sum of three thousand dollars. It also appears from…
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