HOLMES v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. 15939.

127 Cal.App.2d 377 (1954)

273 P.2d 931

GEORGE HOLMES et al., Respondents, v. HARVEY C. WILLIAMS et al., Defendants; CYRIL SAUNDERS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

September 14, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyril Saunders, in pro per., for Appellant.

John W. Bussey for Respondents.


WOOD (Fred B.), J.

Plaintiffs recovered judgment against the defendants in the sum of $3,200 for the value of a certain automobile.

Upon the judgment roll appeal of defendant Cyril Saunders, the judgment was reversed upon the ground that the record, including the complaint and the findings of fact, demonstrated that plaintiffs' cause of action depended upon their success in a lottery, "which is a criminal offense," and therefore "the doors of the courts are...

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