Legal Opinion

Hill v. McKay

California Supreme Court

Decided March 26, 1892No. 13964PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Humboldt County. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Vanclief, C.

At and before the time of the execution of the contract hereináfter set out, the plaintiff was the owner of timber-lands adjacent to and including a portion of Ryan’s Slough, in the county of Humboldt. This slough is connected with Humboldt Bay, and is of sufficient size and depth to float rafts of saw-logs from plaintiff’s lands. Hear the head of tide-water in this slough, plaintiff had a landing, at which he dumped logs into the slough, and thence floated them to market on Humboldt Bay. During the same time Allan McKay, Alexander Connick, and John A. Sinclair, copart*8ners under…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Mulford v. Le FrancCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Truett v. AdamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Utter v. ChapmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869
  4. Winans v. Sierra Lumber Co.California Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Pico v. ColemanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1873

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Royer v. CarterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Retsloff v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1926
  3. Sackett v. SpindlerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
  4. Kales v. HoughtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1923
  5. United States v. Jonathan ReadCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019

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