Legal Opinion

Cramer v. Tittle

California Supreme Court

Decided February 9, 1887No. 11723PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order refusing a new trial. In order to perfect the appeal, the appellants filed an undertaking by the Pacific Surety Company, a corporation organized under the laws of California for the purpose of furnishing bonds of suretyship, as the only surety.

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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order refusing a new trial. In order to perfect the appeal, the appellants filed an undertaking by the Pacific Surety Company, a corporation organized under the laws of California for the purpose of furnishing bonds of suretyship, as the only surety. The undertaking was given in pursuance of the act of March 12, 1885, entitled “ An act to facilitate the giving of bonds required by law.” Section 1 of that act provides that “whenever any person who now or hereafter may be required or permitted by…

1Opinion of the Court

The Court.

— We are of opinion that the undertaking in this case is valid. The statute is a general law, and not an amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure in the sense of the provision of the constitution referred to. The statute is constitutional.

Motion to dismiss appeal denied.

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. King v. Pony Gold Mining Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Brandt v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Botsford v. Van RiperNevada Supreme Court · 1910

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