Taylor v. S & M Lamp Co.

COAKLEY, J. pro tem. *

Stanley W. Taylor, plaintiff below, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County in favor of the defendant and respondent, S & M Lamp Company, rendered upon the court’s granting defendant’s motion to exclude evidence. The first question presented is whether the complaint states a cause of action. It was filed in propria persona and is far from a model pleading. However, in view of the policy of the law to construe pleadings liberally, to the end that eases will be tried on their merits rather than disposed of on technicalities of pleadings (Code…