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Spear v. Lyon

Supreme Court of California
May 5, 1891
89 Cal. 36 (Cal. 1891)

Summary

In Kelleher v. Creciat, 89 Cal. 38, 26 P. 619, the Supreme Court held that the service upon the attorneys for the defeated parties of a copy of the findings and judgment after entry thereof constituted the service of notice of entry of judgment for the purpose of commencing the time within which to prepare a bill of exceptions under the foregoing section.

Summary of this case from Goetz v. Superior Court in and for Los Angeles County

Opinion

         Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sutter County, and from an order denying a new trial.

         COUNSEL

          W. H. Cobb, for Appellant.

          Barney & Donohoe, for Respondent.


         JUDGES: In Bank. Garoutte, J. De Haven, J., McFarland, J., Harrison, J., and Paterson, J., concurred.

         OPINION

          GAROUTTE, Judge

         This is an appeal from the judgment and order denying defendant's motion for a new trial.

         On the eighth day of July, 1889, appellant bought of respondent several stacks of hay unmeasured, and agreed to pay therefor at the rate of six dollars per ton, the purchase price to be ascertained by the measurement of the hay, upon the basis of 512 cubic feet to the ton.          The hay was measured, and amounted to 275 tons.

         At the time of the purchase, appellant paid twelve hundred dollars upon the contract, took possession of the hay, and forthwith proceeded to bale and remove it from the field.

         This is an action to recover the balance of the purchase price.

         Appellant's contention is, that as a matter of fact there were only 185 tons of the hay, as shown by the baler's weights, and asks judgment for ninety dollars against the defendant, setting out that respondent represented to him that the hay was of such quality that 512 cubic feet thereof would make a ton; that appellant relied upon such representations, and that they were false, and therefore the agreement to measure the hay upon the basis of so many cubic feet to the ton should be set aside and disregarded.

         This contention of appellant as to a warranty is completely answered by the following finding of the court: "That the plaintiff did not make the defendant any false or fraudulent representations with regard to the quality or quantity of said hay, or as to its measurement, or as to the manner in which it was stacked; nor did he make any warranty as to the quality or quantity."

         The evidence of the plaintiff and defendant is conflicting upon this point, and we will not disturb the finding.

         The order striking out the testimony of the defendant, Lyon, when he was recalled, even if error, was not prejudicial, as he had previously testified to the same matters upon his redirect examination in chief.

         Let the judgment and order be affirmed.


Summaries of

Spear v. Lyon

Supreme Court of California
May 5, 1891
89 Cal. 36 (Cal. 1891)

In Kelleher v. Creciat, 89 Cal. 38, 26 P. 619, the Supreme Court held that the service upon the attorneys for the defeated parties of a copy of the findings and judgment after entry thereof constituted the service of notice of entry of judgment for the purpose of commencing the time within which to prepare a bill of exceptions under the foregoing section.

Summary of this case from Goetz v. Superior Court in and for Los Angeles County
Case details for

Spear v. Lyon

Case Details

Full title:A. J. SPEAR, Respondent, v. A. J. LYON, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of California

Date published: May 5, 1891

Citations

89 Cal. 36 (Cal. 1891)
26 P. 619

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