Sims v. Petaluma Gaslight Co.

Citations

• 6 Cal. Unrep. 540
• 62 P. 300
• 1900 Cal. LEXIS 1116

Syllabus

<p>Gas Plant.—Where the Contract Set Out in the Complaint, in an action for placing apparatus for the manufacture of gas in a gasworks, did not show a stipulation that the cost of materials for the manufacture of gas should not exceed a certain sum, and the answer did not deny that the contract was as alleged, a finding that the plant was completed according to the contract would not be reversed on appeal, on the ground that the evidence failed to show that the plant would produce gas at the agreed cost.</p> <p>Gas Plant.—Where, in an Action for Installing a Gas Plant, the contract having required the apparatus to produce three thousand feet of gas per hour of a certain candle-power, the evidence was conflicting, a finding for plaintiff would not be reversed on appeal.</p> <p>Gas Plant.—In an Action to Recover for Installing apparatus for the manufacture of gas in a gasworks, evidence as to' whether the plant added anything to the value of the original plant was immaterial.</p> <p>Corporation.—Where the President of a Corporation, Owning a Controlling interest in the stock, executed for the corporation a contract between the corporation., himself and another, the contract was not invalid, as in violation of a trust relation.</p> <p>Gras Plant.—In an Action to Recover the Contract Price for installing apparatus in gasworks, it was not necessary to prove any demand, since the bringing of the action was a sufficient demand.</p>