Robinson v. Haas
California Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe District Court of tbe Twelfth District, City and County of San Francisco. Tbe plaintiff owned a large number of sbeep, and contracted witb O. G. Rood to keep them, for a certain length of time, in Santa Barbara county, upon tbe terms that at tbe end of that time, tbe original number of sbeep should be made good to plaintiff out of the flock; and tbe increase, if any, divided between plaintiff and said Rood.
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Appeal from tbe District Court of tbe Twelfth District, City and County of San Francisco. Tbe plaintiff owned a large number of sbeep, and contracted witb O. G. Rood to keep them, for a certain length of time, in Santa Barbara county, upon tbe terms that at tbe end of that time, tbe original number of sbeep should be made good to plaintiff out of the flock; and tbe increase, if any, divided between plaintiff and said Rood. In 1864, wbicb was a dry season, Rood, by permission of plaintiff, left Santa Barbara county, witb tbe sbeep to seek for pasture. After leaving Santa Barbara County, Rood…
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
There was no error in admitting in evidence the letters of Bood, written by him while he was in 'possession of the sheep, and addressed to Bobinson. Hass claimed the property by purchase of Bood; he therefore stood in privity with the latter, and these letters, or any other admissions made by Bood while in possession, going to show how he held the property, would be proper evidence, against Bood himself, or any subsequent transferee of his.
There is nothing in the point that the contract of May, 1863, between Bobinson and Bood, constituted them partners. It was simply an employment of Bood to…
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