Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volume 118Bancroft-Whitney, 1906 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... motion of the defendant , after having rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff in too large an amount , based upon the findings , the presumption upon appeal from such order is against the findings , and not in their favor , and the ...
... motion of the defendant , after having rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff in too large an amount , based upon the findings , the presumption upon appeal from such order is against the findings , and not in their favor , and the ...
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... indebtedness of two thousand dollars . Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for the sum of $ 2,105.40 and costs of suit . Upon motion of defendant the court afterward granted a new 8 [ 118 Cal . HASS v . MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION .
... indebtedness of two thousand dollars . Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for the sum of $ 2,105.40 and costs of suit . Upon motion of defendant the court afterward granted a new 8 [ 118 Cal . HASS v . MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION .
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California. Supreme Court. Upon motion of defendant the court afterward granted a new trial , and from that order this appeal is taken . There is no merit in the appeal . The first contention is that the contract between Lena Brenner and ...
California. Supreme Court. Upon motion of defendant the court afterward granted a new trial , and from that order this appeal is taken . There is no merit in the appeal . The first contention is that the contract between Lena Brenner and ...
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... motion of the district attorney , after the jury was sworn , and before any evidence was offered , there was no jeop- ardy or acquittal of the defendant ; and where a plea of former acquittal and of once in jeopardy was interposed to a ...
... motion of the district attorney , after the jury was sworn , and before any evidence was offered , there was no jeop- ardy or acquittal of the defendant ; and where a plea of former acquittal and of once in jeopardy was interposed to a ...
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... motion of the district attorney , by reason of its omission to al- lege the essential fact of ownership of the property , such omission being patent and not disputed , a question of law is raised as to its effect , of which the jury is ...
... motion of the district attorney , by reason of its omission to al- lege the essential fact of ownership of the property , such omission being patent and not disputed , a question of law is raised as to its effect , of which the jury is ...
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Page 260 - Every person who has actual notice of circumstances sufficient to put a prudent man upon inquiry as to a particular fact, has constructive notice of the fact itself in all cases in which, by prosecuting such inquiry, he might have learned such fact.
Page 579 - If the company is deprived of the power of charging reasonable rates for the use of its property, and such deprivation takes place in the absence of an investigation by judicial machinery, it is deprived of the lawful use of its property, and thus, in substance and effect, of the property itself, without due process of law and in violation of the Constitution of the United States...
Page 341 - An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice by which one party prosecutes another for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.
Page 136 - When part of an act, declaration, conversation, or writing is given in evidence by one party, the whole on the same subject may be inquired into by the other; when a letter is read, the answer may be given; and when a detached act, declaration, conversation, or writing is given in evidence, any other act, declaration, conversation, or writing, which is necessary to make it understood, may also be given in evidence.
Page 579 - ... and such deprivation takes place in the absence of an investigation by judicial machinery, it is deprived of the lawful use of its property, and thus in substance and effect of the property itself, without due process of law, and in violation of the constitution of the United States ; and, in...
Page 156 - Involuntary — In the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to a felony, or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection.
Page 383 - The former verdict or other decision may be vacated and a new trial granted, on the application of the party aggrieved, for any of the following causes, materially affecting the substantial rights of such party: 1.
Page 645 - A final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against...
Page 267 - Upon a trial for murder, the commission of the homicide by the defendant being proved, the burden of proving circumstances of mitigation, or that justify or excuse it, devolves upon him, unless the proof on the part of the prosecution tends to show that the crime committed only amounts to manslaughter, or that the defendant was justifiable or excusable.
Page 371 - It does not deny that it is binding on those whom, on the face of it, it purports to bind, but shows that it also binds another, by reason that the act of the agent, in signing the agreement, in pursuance of his authority, is in law the act of the principal.