Cany v. Halleck
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of the City of San Francisco. This was an action to recover of the defendants, as executors of Joseph L. Folsom, deceased, the sum of $22,084, for extra services rendered by plaintiff for Folsom in his lifetime. Plaintiff was employed by Folsom sometime in the year 1852, as collector of rents of Folsom’s estate, for which service he received $250 per month. He continued in that capacity until July, 1854, receiving said monthly salary.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of the City of San Francisco. This was an action to recover of the defendants, as executors of Joseph L. Folsom, deceased, the sum of $22,084, for extra services rendered by plaintiff for Folsom in his lifetime. Plaintiff was employed by Folsom sometime in the year 1852, as collector of rents of Folsom’s estate, for which service he received $250 per month. He continued in that capacity until July, 1854, receiving said monthly salary. On the nineteenth day of July, 1855, Folsom died, leaving a large estate, and hy his will appointed the defendants his executors.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
This was an action to recover compensation for alleged extra services rendered by plaintiff to J. L. Folsom, deceased, in his lifetime. The plaintiff was employed and paid by the deceased a stipulated salary per month for services as collector of rents. .The defendant had judgment in the Court below, and the plaintiff appealed.
On the trial the Court instructed the jury as follows:
“That if the plaintiff was under a regular monthly salary front Folsom, during the time the services now claimed for were performed, that it was a presumption of law that all the services he performed during said…
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