Tevis v. Beigel

This is the second time this cause has been before us. In Tevis v. Beigel, 156 Cal.App.2d 8 [319 P.2d 98], we reversed a judgment of nonsuit which terminated the first trial of the action. The second trial resulted in a money judgment against defendants Morris Beigel and Cecil Sills and in favor of plaintiff in his capacity as assignee for the benefit of creditors of Midway Foundry of Gardena, Inc. The recovery is for “secret profits” which, according to the findings of the trial court, were derived by defendants from the partial performance of an admittedly invalid contract made between said…