Legal Opinion

Skelly v. Westminster School District

California Supreme Court

Decided September 1, 1894No. 19342PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Temple, C.

This action was brought to recover three hundred and ninety-four dollars alleged to be due for work and materials performed and furnished in the building of a schoolhouse. It is alleged that the claim *654has been allowed to the extent of three hundred and fifty dollars.

The defendant in its answer denies that the value of the services and materials exceeded three hundred and fifty dollars, and as to that sum pleads payment as follows: That on the'sixth day of April, 1892, the Newport Wharf and Lumber Company, a corporation, commenced an action against the plaintiff to recover five…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Mayrhofer v. Board of Education of San DiegoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Merwin v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
  3. Commonwealth v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1832
  4. People v. RossiterNew York Supreme Court · 1825
  5. United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1823

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. People v. California Fish Co.California Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Nutter v. City of Santa MonicaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
  3. Clark v. City of Los AngeLesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Ridge v. Boulder Creek Union Junior-Senior High School DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
  5. Ruperich v. BaehrCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904

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