PORTER v. ARTHUR MURRAY, INC.

Docket No. 8415.

249 Cal.App.2d 410 (1967)

57 Cal. Rptr. 554

FRANK W. PORTER, an Incompetent Person, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ARTHUR MURRAY, INC., Defendant Appellant.

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

March 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, John J. Hanson and John H. Sharer for Defendant and Appellant.

John W. Porter and Victor Walton for Plaintiff and Respondent.


WHELAN, J.

Frank W. Porter (Porter), born in 1901, was a post office employee from 1925 until his retirement in 1957. His second wife died on November 15, 1961.

In 1961 a new and exciting life opened up for Porter: he discovered the Arthur Murray School of Dancing (School), or it discovered Porter.

The dance studio in question was located in San Diego. Such a studio had been in continuous operation since the early 1940's. It was operated first by two...

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