Polack v. Shafer
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The demanded premises are in Sonoma County, and consist of six hundred and forty acres of land located on the north and south banks of the Pintón River, or Sulphur Creek. The celebrated Geyser Springs, and the Geyser Springs Hotel are on the property.
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Appeal from the County Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The demanded premises are in Sonoma County, and consist of six hundred and forty acres of land located on the north and south banks of the Pintón River, or Sulphur Creek. The celebrated Geyser Springs, and the Geyser Springs Hotel are on the property. The plaintiff, Mary Po-lack, purchased the land from the State as a part of the five hundred thousand acres granted to this State by the United States, and obtained a certificate of purchase on the 30th day of December, 1862. James Shafer, one of the defendants, leased the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Niles, J.:
This action was brought under the Forcible Entry and Detainer Act of 1866, to recover the possession of certain premises known as the Geyser Springs Hotel property, in the County of Sonoma. A judgment of nonsuit was rendered against the plaintiffs, and from the judgment, and from the order overruling plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial this appeal is taken.
Before considering the motion for a new trial upon the merits, we shall notice several points made by the counsel for appellants upon their appeal from the judgment.
1. Errors are claimed in the orders of the County…
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