Richards v. Oliver

In the latter part of September, 1954, plaintiff, who had just recently returned from Arabia and taken up his residence at Van Nuys, in Los Angeles County, although he had no previous experience with or in the operation of a food or cocktail business, conceived the idea of acquiring and engaging in the operation of such an enterprise. To that end plaintiff contacted defendant Winfield D. Little, a business opportunity salesman working out of the office and under the license of A. J. Maragos, a business opportunity broker, regarding an advertisement which plaintiff had observed in a Los…