Hanscom v. Drullard
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Stanislaus County, and from and order denying a new-trial. The action was brought for false representations alleged to have been made by defendant in the sale to plaintiff of the printing-office and business of the Modesto Herald. The witness Wagstaff testified that when he sold the Modesto Herald to the defendant it had 380 subscribers; to which evidence the defendant objected as irrelevant and immaterial.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Stanislaus County, and from and order denying a new-trial. The action was brought for false representations alleged to have been made by defendant in the sale to plaintiff of the printing-office and business of the Modesto Herald. The witness Wagstaff testified that when he sold the Modesto Herald to the defendant it had 380 subscribers; to which evidence the defendant objected as irrelevant and immaterial. The further facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Foote, C.
This is an action for damages alleged to have resulted from the practice by the defendant toward the plaintiff of false and fraudulent representations in the sale to the latter of the appurtenances, stock, and business of a newspaper.
The plaintiff recovered a judgment,.from which, and an order refusing a new trial, the defendant appeals.
The errors relied on for a reversal of the judgment and order are, that the court should not have admitted certain evidence for the plaintiff, and that it improperly gave certain instructions, modified some, and refused others.
The ground of objection…
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