A-C CO. v. SECURITY PACIFIC NAT. BANK

Docket No. D001064.

173 Cal.App.3d 462 (1985)

219 Cal. Rptr. 62

A-C COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SECURITY PACIFIC NATIONAL BANK, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

October 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Pain, Pippin, Cluff & Olson, Pain, Cluff & Olson, David H.R. Pain and Jerry D. Cluff for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Jack W. Crumley, Charles A. Bird, Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton, William M. Burke, Jeffrey S. Turner and Timothy B. Taylor for Defendant and Appellant.


OPINION

LEWIS, J.

Security Pacific National Bank appeals a judgment entered against it on the special verdict of a jury, arguing that a jury trial is not available to plaintiffs whose cause of action is based on the equitable doctrine of promissory estoppel. We agree and reverse.

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THE FACTS

Robert O. Conley was sole shareholder of A-C Company, Inc. (Company), a general engineering contractor doing underground...

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