Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Chely

California Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1872No. 2,111PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The plaintiffs recovered judgment in the Court below, and the defendant appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Wallace, C. J.:

This is an action brought in the County Court of the City and County of San Francisco, under the provisions of the Act of April 27th, 1862 (p. 652), to recover of the defendant the possession of certain tenements as a tenant holding over after demand of rent due under a lease, and failure to pay such rent for the space of three days.

The complaint alleges that in 1867 the plaintiffs, Johnson, Lazarus, and Francis Brooks, as landlords, leased the premises to the defendant, to hold from month to month, at the rent of thirty-five dollars per month, payable in advance;…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mecham v. McKayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869
  2. Caulfield v. StevensCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
  3. Brummagim v. SpencerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Green v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
  2. Union Oil Co. v. ChandlerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
  3. Francis v. West Virginia Oil Co.California Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Nork v. Pacific Coast Medical Enterprises, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1977
  5. Knowles v. MurphyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895

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