Nowell v. Oswald

CRAIL, J., pro tem.

The sole question presented on appeal is the correctness of the trial court’s decision that appellant Oswald was a joint adventurer with others in the production of a theatrical exhibition and therefore liable to employees for claims for labor. We are satisfied that the ruling of the trial court was correct. (Westcott v. Gilman, 170 Cal. 562 [Ann. Cas. 1916E, 437, 150 Pac. 777]; Chapman v. Hughes, 104 Cal. 302 [37 Pac. 1048, 38 Pac. 109]; Leake v. City of Venice, 50 Cal. App. 462 [190 Pac. 440].)

There is an all-important difference in construing relationships of this kind…