Zadig v. Baldwin

The action below was originally instituted in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the county of San Francisco by the defendant in error to recover from plaintiffs in error the sum of five hundred and ninety-five dollars, with interest and costs. The complaint was in the ordinary form for money had and received, and did not otherwise indicate the the nature or character of plaintiff’s alleged cause of action. A demurrer to the complaint having- been overruled, defendants filed an answer simply denying any indebtedness to the plaintiff.

Upon the trial before the court…