Pettit v. Forsyth
California Court of Appeal
'APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County, and from an order denying a new trial. H. Z. Austin, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
This case is here on appeal from the judgment, on the verdict of a jury, in plaintiff’s favor, and from the order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial. A general and special demurrer to the complaint was interposed and overruled, which gives rise to the principal questions now before us and calls for a sufficiently full statement of the pleading thus attacked.
The complaint sets forth that on December 31, 1895, defendant, “as party of the first part, and plaintiff and one John D. Sprower, as parties of the second part,” entered into an agreement, which is attached to the…
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