Hallinan v. Hearst

Citations

• 6 Cal. Unrep. 592
• 62 P. 1063
• 1900 Cal. LEXIS 1118

Syllabus

<p>Money Received—Contributions for Relief.—Where defendant, the publisher of a newspaper, received a sum of money in response to solicitations in his paper' for contributions for the relief of families of three firemen who lost their lives in the performance of their duty, plaintiff, as heir of one of the firemen, cannot maintain an action to recover his part of the amount collected, as money had and received, since the transaction created no legal right in plaintift to any part of the money.</p>