Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volume 180Bancroft-Whitney, 1920 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... answer that the strip described in the amended complaint was all that defendants owned . APPEAL from a judgment and order of the Superior Court of Kern County . J. W. Mahon , Judge . Affirmed . The facts are stated in the opinion of the ...
... answer that the strip described in the amended complaint was all that defendants owned . APPEAL from a judgment and order of the Superior Court of Kern County . J. W. Mahon , Judge . Affirmed . The facts are stated in the opinion of the ...
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California. Supreme Court. joined by the answer of the defendants denying all of the alle- gations of the complaint , the case was tried with a jury , which found and fixed the value of the property to be condemned at the sum of five ...
California. Supreme Court. joined by the answer of the defendants denying all of the alle- gations of the complaint , the case was tried with a jury , which found and fixed the value of the property to be condemned at the sum of five ...
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... answer which , in effect , averred that the whole tract of land owned by the defendants is of the approximate dimensions of 100 by 344 feet fronting upon a certain street in the city of Bakersfield , and that a judgment in favor of ...
... answer which , in effect , averred that the whole tract of land owned by the defendants is of the approximate dimensions of 100 by 344 feet fronting upon a certain street in the city of Bakersfield , and that a judgment in favor of ...
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... answer , and upon trial a judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff , from which the city appealed . The hearing of the two cases thus consid- ered together resulted in an affirmance of L. A. No. 4504 , based solely upon the ground ...
... answer , and upon trial a judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff , from which the city appealed . The hearing of the two cases thus consid- ered together resulted in an affirmance of L. A. No. 4504 , based solely upon the ground ...
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... answer of defendant , that after the execution of said lease , but prior to the assessment , plain- tiff constructed a breakwater of rocks upon said premises and along the southerly line thereof , and filled or caused to be filled with ...
... answer of defendant , that after the execution of said lease , but prior to the assessment , plain- tiff constructed a breakwater of rocks upon said premises and along the southerly line thereof , and filled or caused to be filled with ...
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Page 275 - As respects one another, indorsers are liable prima facie in the order in which they indorse; but evidence is admissible to show that as between or among themselves they have agreed otherwise.
Page 149 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 622 - Constitution so as to become likewise empowered hereunder, to make and enforce all laws and regulations in respect to municipal affairs, subject only to the restrictions and limitations provided in their several charters, and in respect to other matters they shall be subject to and controlled by general laws.
Page 726 - Negligence,' has been defined to be 'the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something, which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.
Page 3 - An instrument is payable at a determinable future time, within the meaning of this act, which is expressed to be payable 1. At a fixed period after date or sight ; or 2. On or before a fixed or determinable future time specified therein; or 3. On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified event, which is certain to happen, though the time of happening be uncertain. An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the happening of the event does not cure the defect.
Page 123 - Every person in the service of the State, or any county, city and county, city, town, village or school district therein, and all public corporations, under any appointment or contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written...
Page vi - The concurrence of four justices present at the argument shall be necessary to pronounce a judgment in bank ; but if four justices, so present, do not concur in a judgment, then all the justices qualified to sit in the cause shall hear the argument; but to render a judgment a concurrence of four judges shall be necessary.
Page 143 - ... be created, granted, assigned, surrendered, or declared, unless by act or operation of law, or by deed, or conveyance in writing, subscribed by the party creating, granting, assigning, surrendering, or declaring the same, or by his lawful agent thereunto authorized by writing.
Page 175 - The granting or denial of a preliminary injunction does not amount to an adjudication of the ultimate rights in controversy. It merely determines that the court, balancing the respective equities of the parties, concludes that, pending a trial on the merits, the defendant should or that he should not be restrained from exercising the rights claimed by him.
Page 55 - No county, city, town, township, board of education, or school district, shall incur any indebtedness or liability in any manner or for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof, voting at an election to be held for that purpose...