Legal Opinion

Bernal v. O'Hanlon

California Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1881No. 7,301PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff and from an order denying a new trial in the Twentieth District Court of Santa Clara County. Belden, J.

1Opinion of the Court

Sharpstein, J.:

The only question in this case was whether the plaintiff was the lawful owner of certain personal property which the defendant as Constable seized and sold upon an execution issued upon a judgment against one Abarca. The plaintiff claims to have purchased the property from one Aroyo, and the Court found that the sale from him to the plaintiff “was not fraudulent nor intended to defraud creditors of Aroyo, and that plaintiff had no knowledge and notice of the character or nature of the sale from Abarca to Aroyo, and that he (plaintiff) purchased said property in good faith and…

2Cited by1 opinion

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