Opinion
Docket No. 7920.
January 23, 1951.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County and from an order denying a new trial. B.F. Van Dyke, Judge. Judgment affirmed; appeal from order dismissed.
Action for damages for fraud. Judgment for defendants affirmed.
Darold D. De Coe and Norman R. Samuelsen for Appellants.
Wilke Fleury for Respondents.
[1] The plaintiffs have appealed from a judgment in favor of the defendants in an action for damages for fraud. Counsel for appellants concede that the findings are supported by evidence but contend that, as indicated by his written opinion, the trial judge required clear and convincing evidence rather than a mere preponderance of the evidence for proof of fraud, and that this constituted error. There is no basis for a discussion of this point, for we cannot take the opinion into account. "The findings and conclusions constitute the final decision of the court and an oral or written opinion cannot be resorted to for the purpose of impeaching or gainsaying the findings and judgment." ( Buckhantz v. R.G. Hamilton Co., 71 Cal.App.2d 777, 781 [ 163 P.2d 756].)
The judgment is affirmed. Appeal from order denying new trial dismissed.
Adams, P.J., and Peek, J., concurred.