Pixley v. The Western Pac. R.R.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fifteenth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. On the 23d day of May, 1863, Wheeler N. French brought an action against the corporations called the “ Central Pacific Railroad of California” and “The Western Pacific Railroad Company.”
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Appeal from the District Court, Fifteenth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. On the 23d day of May, 1863, Wheeler N. French brought an action against the corporations called the “ Central Pacific Railroad of California” and “The Western Pacific Railroad Company.” The action mentioned is that entitled Wheeler N. French v. Henry F. Teschemaker et ais., and is reported in 24 Cal. 518. On the 11th day of June, 1863, Timothy Dame, President of the Western Pacific Railroad Company, on behalf of defendant, .made a verbal contract with plaintiffs to defend said action for defendant,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Currey, C. J.:
Action for work, labor and services rendered by the plaintiffs as attorneys and counsellors at law, for the defendant, a corporation duly organized and constituted under the Act of the Legislature, entitled “ An Act to provide for the incorporation of railroad companies and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto,” passed on the 20th of May, 1861, and of the several Acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof. The corporation was organized in December, 1862, and the plaintiffs were employed in June, 1863, by the President of…
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