L.B. LABORATORIES, INC. v. MITCHELL

Docket No. L.A. 22214.

39 Cal.2d 56 (1952)

244 P.2d 385

L.B. LABORATORIES, INC. (a Corporation), Respondent, v. WALTER A. MITCHELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 23, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Balthis, Gordon F. Hampton and E. Talbot Callister for Appellant.

Walter G. Danielson, H. Spencer St. Clair, Alva C. Baird and William A. Cruikshank, Jr., for Respondent.

Howard W. Campen, County Counsel (Santa Clara), Donald K. Currlin, Assistant County Counsel, and Wade H. Hover, Deputy County Counsel, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


CARTER, J.

Plaintiff was awarded judgment for $17,428.43 for damages in an action the nature of which will appear later. Defendant appeals.

According to the findings of the court, plaintiff is a corporation. Defendant is a certified public accountant pursuing his vocation in Los Angeles. Prior to December, 1942, defendant represented to plaintiff that he was an expert in all tax matters, both federal and state, and...

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