Nunez v. Morgan
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Santa Cruz County, and from an order denying a new trial. The- facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.
The plaintiff instituted this action against Daniel B. Morgan and Mary A., his wife, to recover possession of a tract of land. The complaint is in the usual form in such actions.
The answer denies that the plaintiff was entitled to the possession of the land in suit, and further denies that the defendants ever unlawfully or wrongfully withheld from the plaintiff the possession of the land.
The defendants by way of defense set up a contract between the plaintiff and defendant Daniel as in equity entitling them to the possession of the land in suit, and in two cross-corn pi a in ts set forth…
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