RAKESTRAW v. RODRIGUES

Docket No. S.F. 22883.

8 Cal.3d 67 (1972)

500 P.2d 1401

104 Cal. Rptr. 57

JOYCE A. RAKESTRAW, Cross-complainant and Respondent, v. SHERWOOD T. RODRIGUES, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Charles F. Wilkinson and Paul J. Sanner for Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Nathan Cohn and H. Lee Evans for Cross-complainant and Respondent.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

Cross-defendant Sherwood T. Rodrigues (Rodrigues) appeals from a judgment upon a jury verdict for $30,000 in favor of cross-complainant Joyce Rakestraw (Joyce). His claimed liability arises out of involvement in a transaction whereby Joyce's name was forged on a promissory note and a deed of trust in order to obtain funds for a business venture of her then husband, William Rakestraw (William), who was also a cross...

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