Ketchum v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Application for a writ-of review to the Superior Court of the county of San Joaquin. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.
The case in hand originated in an action brought in a Justice’s Court to recover damages for the detention of some milch cows, to whose possession the plaintiff, as owner of the cows, claimed to be entitled.
The answer filed in the Justice’s Court was a general denial. Upon that the case was tried and the defendant had judgment, from which the plaintiff appealed on questions of both law and fact. At the trial of the case on appeal, the Superior Court allowed the defendant to amend his answer, by pleading justification for taking and detaining the cattle. To this ruling the plaintiff excepted;…
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