HAYWARD LUMBER & INV. CO. v. BISCAILUZ

Docket No. L.A. 24226.

47 Cal.2d 716 (1957)

306 P.2d 6

HAYWARD LUMBER AND INVESTMENT COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. E.W. BISCAILUZ et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip T. Lyons and Leroy B. Lorenz for Appellant.

Morrison, Foerster, Holloway, Shuman & Clark, J.F. Shuman and Scott L. Harrington as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), William E. Lamoreaux, Assistant County Counsel, Crider, Tilson & Ruppe, Donald E. Ruppe, Sims & Wallbert and James H. Sims for Respondents.


SCHAUER, J.

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment, rendered by the court sitting without a jury, in its action to recover from defendant sheriff of Los Angeles County, two of his deputies,1 and the sureties upon their respective bonds, a sum of money which plaintiff claims to have lost by reason of an alleged breach of duty by the defendant officers acting in their official capacity.

Plaintiff contends that the sheriff, acting...

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