LAWRENCE BARKER, INC. v. BRIGGS

Docket No. L.A. 21947.

39 Cal.2d 654 (1952)

248 P.2d 897

LAWRENCE BARKER, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. WALTER M. BRIGGS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 10, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin J. Goodman and Krystal & Paradise for Appellant.

Kenyon F. Lee, Thomas D. Mercola, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Sherman Welpton, Jr., for Respondent.

Richard Culbert Olson, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


CARTER, J.

Plaintiff, Lawrence Barker, Inc., recovered judgment entitling it to immediate possession of certain real property leased by it to defendant, Walter M. Briggs. The judgment provided that defendant was not entitled to take anything by reason of his counterclaim and that he was not entitled to a declaratory judgment by reason of his cross-complaint. Plaintiff recovered costs and attorney's fees.

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