Potts v. Paxton
California Supreme Court
APPEALS from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, from an order refusing a new trial, and from an order substituting an assignee as party plaintiff. James M. Troutt, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Frank H. Gould, and Vincent Surr, for Appellant in Nos. 6653 and 7055, and for Respondent in No. 6903. William M. Cannon, and Kingsley Cannon, for Respondent in Nos. 6653 and 7055, and for Appellant in No. 6903.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
Plaintiff Potts brought his action against defendant, as administrator of the estate of Charles Eddy Paxton, to recover damages for the asserted conversion by Charles Eddy Paxton of certain mining stocks in the possession of Paxton, but the property of plaintiff.
S. F. No. 6653 is the appeal of plaintiff from the judgment given in his favor. S. F. No. 6903 is the appeal of the administrator from the same judgment and from the order denying his motion for a new trial. S. F. No. 7055 is by Frank H. Gould, attorney for plaintiff, substituted for plaintiff after suggestion of the latter’s death.…
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