Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volume 56Bancroft-Whitney, 1887 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... defendant's motion for a new trial . 1. The affidavit for a postponement of the trial was insuffic- ient . It showed that there were two persons without whose testimony the defendant alleges he could not go safely to trial , one of whom ...
... defendant's motion for a new trial . 1. The affidavit for a postponement of the trial was insuffic- ient . It showed that there were two persons without whose testimony the defendant alleges he could not go safely to trial , one of whom ...
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... defendant claims the right to deprive , and has de- prived , the plaintiff of said water . This action is brought to have the respective rights of the plaintiff and defendant to said water determined , and to have the defendant enjoined ...
... defendant claims the right to deprive , and has de- prived , the plaintiff of said water . This action is brought to have the respective rights of the plaintiff and defendant to said water determined , and to have the defendant enjoined ...
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... defendant Bliss , as assignee of Trenouth , the vendor , claims the price of the wheat ; but that defendant Wade claims a certain sum from plaintiffs as the consideration for an assignment of his rights as pledgee , or upon a contract ...
... defendant Bliss , as assignee of Trenouth , the vendor , claims the price of the wheat ; but that defendant Wade claims a certain sum from plaintiffs as the consideration for an assignment of his rights as pledgee , or upon a contract ...
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... defendants respect- ively are based . They know that defendant Bliss demands the price of the wheat ; they know also , or must be held to know , what sum they became bound to pay to defendant Wade , when they obtained possession of the ...
... defendants respect- ively are based . They know that defendant Bliss demands the price of the wheat ; they know also , or must be held to know , what sum they became bound to pay to defendant Wade , when they obtained possession of the ...
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... Defendants had judgment . The only evidence in the case on this point was that of the defendant J. C. Tipton , and he testified that the defendants had always been ready and willing to execute and deliver the notes , and take up the ...
... Defendants had judgment . The only evidence in the case on this point was that of the defendant J. C. Tipton , and he testified that the defendants had always been ready and willing to execute and deliver the notes , and take up the ...
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Page 652 - No corporation shall issue stocks or bonds except for money, labor done, or money or property actually received, and all fictitious increase of stock or indebtedness shall be void.
Page 389 - ... another, his heirs or personal representatives may maintain an action for damages against the person causing the death, or if such person be employed by another person who is responsible for his conduct, then also against such other person. In every action under this and the preceding section, such damages may be given as under all the circumstances of the case, may be just.
Page 581 - All patents granted, or preemption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.
Page 329 - A criminal action prosecuted by indictment may be removed from the court in which it is pending, on the application of the defendant on the ground that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county where the indictment is pending.
Page 544 - Judgment is demanded dismissing the complaint and for "such other and further relief in the premises as to the court may seem just.
Page 109 - The Legislature, by general and uniform laws, shall provide for the election or appointment, in the several counties, of Boards of Supervisors, Sheriffs, County Clerks, District Attorneys, and such other county, township, and municipal officers as public convenience may require, and shall prescribe their duties, and fix their terms of office.
Page 653 - That all laws in force at the adoption of this Constitution, not inconsistent therewith, shall remain in full force and effect until altered or repealed by the Legislature...
Page 200 - ... to equalize the valuation of the taxable property in the several counties of the State for the purposes of taxation. The Controller of State shall be ex officio a member of the Board. The Boards of Supervisors of the several counties of the State shall constitute Boards of Equalization for their respective counties, whose duty it shall be to equalize the valuation of the taxable property in the county for the purpose of taxation...
Page 329 - The court may, on motion, change the place of trial in the following cases: 1. When the county designated in the complaint is not the proper county; 2. When there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had therein; 3. When the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change: 4.
Page 75 - Procedure as sufficient to bar an action for the recovery of the property confers a title thereto, denominated a title by prescription, which is sufficient against all.