Porter v. Woodward
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the defendants, and an order-denying a new trial, in the Nineteenth District Court, City and County of San Francisco. Wheeler, J. After the decision, the appellant filed his petition that the appeal be reheard in Bank, and the application was denied.
1Opinion of the Court
Thornton, J.:
This action was ejectment brought to recover a parcel of land situate within that portion of the city and county of San Francisco affected by the Van Ness Ordinance. Judgment passed for the defendants. The plaintiff moved for a new trial, which was denied, and he appealed from the order above mentioned.
The cause was tried by the Court, who made the following decision, by means of findings of fact and conclusion of law:
“1. That neither the plaintiff herein, nor his nor any or either of his ancestors, predecessors, or grantors, or of those under whom he claims, ever were in, or had…
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