Legal Opinion

Ladd v. Stevenson

California Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1850PublishedCited by 13 opinions

On the 8th day of February, 1850, fm. Ladd, the plaintiff, filed his complaint before Win. B. Almond, judge of First Instance in and for the district of San Francisco, alleging that on the 4th day of February, 1850, he was in the quiet and peaceable possession of certain premises in the city of San Francisco, and that on that day the defendants Stevenson & Parker made application to John W. Geary, First Alcalde of the Jurisdiction of San Francisco, for an order to remove the…

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On the 8th day of February, 1850, fm. Ladd, the plaintiff, filed his complaint before Win. B. Almond, judge of First Instance in and for the district of San Francisco, alleging that on the 4th day of February, 1850, he was in the quiet and peaceable possession of certain premises in the city of San Francisco, and that on that day the defendants Stevenson & Parker made application to John W. Geary, First Alcalde of the Jurisdiction of San Francisco, for an order to remove the plaintiff from the premises. The complaint further alleges, that under and by reason of an illegal writ, issued by the…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Lyons, J.

This is an action instituted by plain*20tiff to recover possession of certain lots of land, from the quiet and peaceable possession of which, it is alleged, he was ousted by the defendants, acting under and by authority of an order issued by the First Alcalde.

The petition alleges that on and before the fourth day of February, plaintiff was in lawful, quiet and peaceable possession of the lots described, and that on said day defendants and others, claiming to act under an order of the first alcalde, entered forcibly on the premises and ousted him from such possession; and he…

2Cited by13 opinions

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