Court Opinion

ID: 5439232
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-08 17:59:08.126793+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:31:57.039857
License: Public Domain

Injured party may waive tort, and sue in assumpsit. (Fratt v. Clark, 12 Cal. 90; Roberts v. Fvans, 43 Cal. 382; Tuite v. Wakelee, 19 Cal. 692; Caussidiere v. Beers, 2 Keyes, 198; Civil Code, sec. 1621.)
Cope & Boyd, for Respondents.
The action is not upon a contract within the meaning of the statute. (Code of Civil Procedure, secs. 537, 538.) The gravamen of the action is a tort—a wrongful conversion of the property and money of the plaintiffs. There is no allegation of any promise or undertaking on the part of the defendants, and the idea of a contract is expressly negatived by the averments of the complaint.
By the Court :
The facts stated in the complaint do not make a case which would support a writ of attachment under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Order affirmed. Remittitur forthwith.