SHUMAKER v. RIPPY

Docket No. 21350.

138 Cal.App.2d 815 (1956)

292 P.2d 536

WALTER CLARK SHUMAKER, Appellant, v. CHARLES T. RIPPY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

January 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Heggen for Appellant.

Charles T. Rippy, in pro. per., for Respondent.


MOORE, P.J.

The question for decision is whether the court below correctly awarded a summary judgment under Code of Civil Procedure, section 437c, in an action for damages based upon the negligence of an escrow agent.

On January 6, 1955, appellant Shumaker filed an action for breach of contract of escrow for the sale of certain real property to one Burton L. Lamb, wherein the respondent Rippy was escrow agent. It was alleged that the respondent failed to pay...

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