Contract Engineers, Inc. v. Welborn

This appeal is a companion appeal to that considered in Contract Engineers, Inc. v. California-Doran Heat Treating Co., 2d Civ. No. 30833, ante, page 546 [65 Cal. Rptr. 776], in which we file our opinion concurrently herewith. Both arise out of the same action in the trial court, but the two appeals involve different defendants and different issues. Consequently, although we permitted a partial consolidation of briefs and of records, we decide them by separate opinions.

The action was filed on March 21, 1962, alleging damage to property of the plaintiff occurring on June 11, 1959, allegedly…