Clayton v. West
California Supreme Court
This was an action for money had and received, and grew out of the purchase by plaintiff from defendant, of the lease of a lot in San Francisco.
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This was an action for money had and received, and grew out of the purchase by plaintiff from defendant, of the lease of a lot in San Francisco. The complaint sets forth the lease, originally made on the 16th Oct. 1849, by Jonathan Cade to A. Deon & Co., for three years, for the sum of $40 per month, which lease Deon assigned as a security for $1000 due to the assignees, which assignment was cancelled by payment ,of the debt, by which Deon was remitted to his former estate, and then, on the 18th December, 1849, assigned the same to Charles H. West, the defendant. West, on the same day,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Heydeneeldt, Justice.
We observe, by the examination of the record, that in the various decisions of the Court below, there are some errors committed, but they do not materially affect the merits of the case. And it is therefore unnecessary to point them out. Upon looking at the whole case, we believe that justice has been' duly administered, and we will not disturb the judgment.
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