Balfour, Guthrie & Co. v. Hansen

BROWN (R. M.), J.

This appeal is taken from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Balfour, Guthrie & Co., Ltd., against Clifford L. Hansen and Howard W. Hansen individually and as partners in the partnership of L. H. Hansen & Sons, L. H. Hansen & Sons, and Pacific Indemnity Company, based on findings of fact and conclusions of law that the general contractor, L. H. Hansen & Sons, was guilty of actionable fraud during the construction in 1949-50 of 10 silos in the City of Fresno.

Southwest Storage Company owned certain real estate upon which it hired defendant L. H. Hansen & Sons to build 10 silos…