Bank of St. Helena v. Lilienthal-Brayton Co.

PARKER, J., pro tem.

Appeal from judgment in favor of defendants entered pursuant to a verdict of a jury, which verdict was directed by the court upon the theory that plaintiff had failed to present facts sufficient to sustain its cause of action.

The action was one to recover damages resulting to plaintiff from and through the fraud of defendants, and a narrative of the facts may be here given.

The plaintiff is a banking corporation with its place of business at St. Helena in Napa County, California. The defendants as partners are engaged in a general brokerage business, consisting in part in…