ORELLA v. JOHNSON

Docket No. S.F. 18262.

38 Cal.2d 693 (1952)

242 P.2d 5

M.J. ORELLA, Appellant, v. MAY JOHNSON et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 27, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred J. Harwood for Appellant.

J. Frank Murphy and Eugene J. Adams for Respondents.


TRAYNOR, J.

Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment for defendants entered after the granting of a motion for nonsuit. Viewing the record in the light most favorable to plaintiff and disregarding conflicts, the evidence may be summarized as follows:

In 1933 plaintiff received from his parents as his separate property a home known as the Harder Road place in Alameda County. At that time he borrowed $1,000 from defendant May Johnson, his stepdaughter, to pay...

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