Los Angeles Airways, Inc. v. Hughes Tool Co.

Opinion

KINGSLEY, J.

The underlying action is one by Los Angeles Airways (LAA) for damages for failure to carry out a projected agreement whereby respondents were to purchase the assets of LAA and assume its liabilities. Trial of the action resulted in a judgment for defendants. Petitioner here contends that documents, material to its case, were concealed by agents of the defendants and that those documents, if now presented to the trial court, would cause it to grant a motion for new trial.

At the trial, and here, it was the theory of the plaintiff that there were, over a period of several…