Legal Opinion

Rondell v. Fay

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1867PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. defendants: The following is the patent offered in evidence “ Whereas, the Legislature of the State of California, on the fourth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, passed an Act, entitled An Act to authorize the sale and conveyance to the North San Francisco Homestead and Railroad Association of certain overflowed lands in the City and County of San…

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Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. defendants: The following is the patent offered in evidence “ Whereas, the Legislature of the State of California, on the fourth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, passed an Act, entitled An Act to authorize the sale and conveyance to the North San Francisco Homestead and Railroad Association of certain overflowed lands in the City and County of San Francisco,’ which Act authorizes the location and disposal of a portion of the overflowed and tide lands, belonging to the…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Shafter, J.:

Action to recover damages for breaking and entering the plaintiff’s close. The defendants denied all the allegations of the complaint, and further defended on the ground that the locus in quo was the property of the Forth San Francisco Homestead and Railroad Association, a corporation formed under the laws of California, and that they, the defendants, performed the acts complained of as the agents and servants of said company. The appeal is by the plaintiff and is taken from the judgment and order denying a new trial.

First—For the purpose of proving the corporate…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Teschemacher v. DavidsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866
  2. People ex rel. Pierce v. MorrillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
  3. People ex rel. Pixley v. StrattonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
  4. Carder v. MinturnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
  5. Terry v. MecerleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Swartwout v. Michigan Air Line RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
  2. People Ex Rel. State Bd. of Harbor Comm'rs v. KerberCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
  3. People v. HagarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1877
  4. Miller v. Perris Irrigation Dist.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1898
  5. Bakersfield Town Hall Ass'n v. ChesterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880

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