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SHELL v. DARNEILLE

Docket No. B003300.

162 Cal.App.3d 957 (1984)

209 Cal. Rptr. 68

JOSEPH C. SHELL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GEORGE J. DARNEILLE, as Trustee, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

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

December 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, G. Richard Doty, Peter W. James and Judd L. Jordan for Defendant and Appellant.

Richards, Watson, Dreyfuss & Gershon, Richard Richards and Donald Stern for Plaintiff and Respondent.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.†]

OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

A jury awarded plaintiff $450,000 as compensation for successfully negotiating modifications to an oil drilling lease on behalf of defendant. Defendant claims plaintiff's recovery is barred by the statute of frauds and his breach of a fiduciary duty; alternatively, defendant...

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