Semi-Tropic Spiritualists' Ass'n v. Johnson

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered against him and from an order denying his motion for a new trial. The cause was tried before a referee and his findings were adopted by the court. By stipulation the transcript of the testimony taken before the court commissioner was used as a statement of the case on defendant’s motion for a new trial. As the procedure followed was that provided by sections 953a et seq. of the Code of Civil Procedure, no printed transcript has been filed, but appellant preserves certain parts of the testimony in his brief.

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