CLARK v. LESHER

Docket No. Sac. 6687.

46 Cal.2d 874 (1956)

299 P.2d 865

HOWARD A. CLARK, Appellant, v. DEAN S. LESHER et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 10, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.A. Savage, Stutsman, Hackett & Nagel and J.J. Nagel for Appellant.

Roy E. Wolfe, in pro. per., Green, Green, Plumley & Bartow, Green, Green & Plumley, Denslow Green, S. Everett Phillips and Everett L. Coffee for Respondents.


GIBSON, C.J.

Clark sought to recover damages from defendants Lesher, Halcomb and Wolfe, alleging that they fraudulently conspired to destroy the good will of a newspaper in which he had an interest. Defendants denied the conspiracy and, by way of affirmative defenses, alleged that the issues tendered by the complaint are res judicata, that Clark had assigned his cause of action to Lesher, and that he is estopped to deny the transfer. The court ordered that the case...

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