Bassford v. Earl
California Supreme Court
APPEALS from orders of the Superior Court of Solano County granting a new trial, and from orders refusing to dismiss motions for new trial. Henry C. Gesford, and ft. H. Latimer, Judges presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Guy C. Earl, Anderson & Anderson, and W. H. Spaulding, for Appellants.
1Opinion of the Court
This was an action brought by Henry A. Bassford for a decree declaring that an instrument in form a deed, executed by plaintiff to Edwin T. Earl, was in fact a mortgage. The action was commenced in the latter part of 1902; was subsequently tried before the late Judge Buckles, who, disregarding the findings of an advisory jury, entered judgment in favor of defendants on June 3, 1904. Plaintiff served notice of intention to move for a new trial, and after service of a proposed bill of exceptions and proposed amendments thereto, an effort was made to settle a bill. On June 17, 1905, by consent…
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