Emerson v. Whitaker
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSharpstein, J.
— This is an action of claim and delivery, brought by the plaintiff, as the administratrix of the estate of H. G-. Emerson, deceased, against the defendants, partners, doing business under the firm name of Whitaker & Ray, for the recovery of the possession of 945 sacks of wheat. The court finds, among other things, that on the twenty-seventh day of December, 1886, the plaintiff, as such administratrix as aforesaid, executed and delivered to the defendants a deed purporting to convey to said defendants the premises upon which the said wheat was grown, and that “ shortly after obtaining such…
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