Langley v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co.

41 Cal.2d 655 (1953)

BERT LANGLEY, Respondent,

v.

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant.

S. F. No. 18859.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Nov. 6, 1953.

Robert H. Gerdes, Campbell, Custer, Warburton & Britton, W. R. Dunn and Austen D. Warburton for Appellant.

Louis W. Myers, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

James F. Boccardo and Edward J. Niland for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Plaintiff Bert Langley brought this action against defendant Pacific Gas and Electric Company for breach of a contract wherein defendant allegedly agreed to furnish plaintiff with power necessary to operate…