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AVINA v. SPURLOCK

Docket No. 1593.

28 Cal.App.3d 1086 (1972)

105 Cal. Rptr. 198

MICHAEL AVINA, SR., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. C.E. SPURLOCK et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

November 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

T.N. Petersen and John E. Whiting for Defendants and Appellants.

Dorothy M. Washburn for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

BROWN (G.A.), J.

(1) In this case the central issue is whether the trial court erred as a matter of law in awarding $501 as nominal damages. We have concluded that $501 is far in excess of the amount that can legally constitute nominal damages and modify the judgment accordingly.

The suit was commenced by the plaintiff tenants for wrongful eviction and wrongful detention of personal property from leased...

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