Alphonzo E. Bell Corp. v. Bell View Oil Syndicate

ALPHONZO E. BELL CORPORATION (a Corporation), Appellant, v. BELL VIEW OIL SYNDICATE et al., Respondents.

COUNSEL

Overton, Lyman & Plumb, Eugene Overton, Chalmers L. McGaughey and Donald H. Ford for Appellant.

Haight, Trippett & Syvertson and Cullinan, Hickey & Sweigert for Respondents.

Sherman & Sherman, Austin C. Sherman, Thomas Reynolds, Willard W. Wallace and Sidney Cherniss, as Amici Curiae, on Behalf of Respondents.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum

The Court.

[1] For the reasons stated in the opinion filed this day in Civil No. 5927 (ante, p. 587 [76 PaCal.2d 167]), the order of the trial court sustaining the respondents' demurrer to the plaintiff's complaint, without leave to amend, must be held erroneous, and the judgment of dismissal in said action reversed and the cause is hereby remitted to the trial court with directions to overrule to defendants' demurrer, granting leave to the plaintiff to file an amended complaint, if so advised, and also granting leave to the respondents to file an answer to plaintiff's complaint within such reasonable time as the court may deem just.