WHALEN v. RUIZ

Docket No. Sac. 6309.

40 Cal.2d 294 (1953)

253 P.2d 457

THOMAS S. WHALEN, Appellant, v. AL RUIZ et al., Defendants; SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mull & Pierce, A.M. Mull, Jr., Fred Pierce and Benjamin H. Brown for Appellant.

Devlin, Diepenbrock & Wulff and Horace B. Wulff for Respondents.


SPENCE, J.

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