Bard v. Kent

TRAYNOR, J. —

The defendant in this action, L. E. Kent, administered the "business affairs of Mrs. Ruth Roland Bard, hereinafter referred to as Miss Roland, under a general power of attorney for many years before her death. In 1933, Kent, acting as agent for Miss Roland, leased for five years a parcel of real property owned by her to Cliff Odums and Albert M. Berkson, who constructed a building on the property and installed equipment for the operation of a restaurant named the Cat and the Piddle. The restaurant failed, and Odums and Berkson abandoned the venture. Thereupon Kent, acting in his…