Keck v. Wingert

ARCHBALD, J., pro tem.

Action by plaintiff to recover from defendants an alleged secret commission claimed to have been obtained by them in acting as agents for plaintiff in the leasing of certain prospective oil lands. From a judgment rendered against them defendants have appealed.

The contentions of appellants are many, but we think the material ones may well be summed up and considered as a claim that the findings are not supported by the evidence.

The findings state in substance that plaintiff was the owner of certain lands adjacent to the Santa Fe Springs oil-field; that defendant Wingert…