Ambrose v. Hyde

Plaintiff sought in this action to recover the sum of five hundred dollars, in which amount he alleged the defendant was indebted to him on October 1, 1899, for rent of certain grazing-lands in Contra Costa County for the year commencing October 1, 1898. The answer of the defendant was a denial of all the allegations of the complaint. Judgment went for defendant, and from it and an order denying his motion for a new trial plaintiff appeals.

The court made a general finding in favor of defendant, which was, in effect, that he was not indebted to the plaintiff on October 1, 1899, or at any other…