McDaniel v. Baca
California Supreme Court
This, was an appeal from the Seventh Judicial District. The complaint of the plaintiff set forth, that on the 10th day of May, a.
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This, was an appeal from the Seventh Judicial District. The complaint of the plaintiff set forth, that on the 10th day of May, a. D. 1851, he was the owner in fee simple, by deed from the defendant to the plaintiff, bearing date the 21st day of August, A. D. 1850, of part of a certain tract of land therein mentioned, and the said defendant, wickedly intending to injure the plaintiff, did afterwards, and while the plaintiff was the owner of part of the said tract of land, on the 20th day of May, A. d. 1851, maliciously compose and publish, of and concerning the plaintiff, and also of and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Anderson, Justice.
This is an action brought in the District Court for the County of Solano, by William McDaniel, the present respondent, against Manuel Baca, the appellant, for slander of title to land.
The cause was tried on the 31st of October, 1851, by a jury, in the Court below. They rendered a verdict for the plaintiff of sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
The Court ordered judgment to be entered therefor, and for the further sums of three hundred and sixty-five dollars, and five hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty cents costs,…
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