Legal Opinion
Esparza v. Specht
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 20, 1976No. Civ. 14075PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COLOGNE, J.
Plaintiff A. Esparza, a general insurance agent of Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company (Columbus), filed suit to recover on a promissory note executed by Michael Risley Specht. Specht cross-complained against Richard Weber, salesman for Esparza, Esparza and Columbus for fraud and misrepresentation in the scheme used to obtain the note. Specht sought general and punitive damages and before trial joined the Ohio National Bank which was an assignee of the note at one time. The trial court granted a nonsuit as against Columbus and Ohio National Bank because they were not…
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