(DOWNLOAD) "Dougherty V. California Kettleman Oil Royalties Inc." by Supreme Court Of California In Bank " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Dougherty V. California Kettleman Oil Royalties Inc.
- Author : Supreme Court Of California In Bank
- Release Date : January 21, 1939
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
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THE COURT. California Kettleman Oil Royalties, Inc., appeals from an order of the superior court denying its motion for an order directing the clerk of the court to enter satisfaction of a certain final judgment secured by Dougherty against appellant. The motion to enter satisfaction was predicated upon the fact that after respondent Dougherty, in an action against appellant, had secured a judgment that he was the owner of certain oil royalties, and that appellant held them in trust for respondent, and while that judgment was on appeal, respondent entered into a written agreement settling his dispute with another claimant to a portion of the royalties -- the administratrix of the estate of Washington H. Ochsner. It is appellant's position that Ochsner and its predecessor were joint tort-feasors; that the agreement between respondent and the administratrix of Ochsner's estate constituted the compromise and settlement of a tort action with one joint tort-feasor and a release from further liability of that tort-feasor; that under elementary principles