Richardson v. McNulty

By the Court, Sanderson, C. J.

This is an action of ejectment to recover an undivided sixteenth interest in a certain mining claim, situated in the County of Sierra. The defense mainly relied upon is abandonment. On the trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence the judgment roll in a certain action brought by him against one Donahue & West-field to recover the same interest sued for in this action, to which the defendants were not parties or privies. The judg*343meat roll was admitted by the Court under the exception of the defendants. Touching the effect of the judgment roll as evidence, the Court…