Legal Opinion
Vandewater v. McRae
California Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1865PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, ■ City and County of San Francisco. The cause was, by the agreement of the parties, referred to Alexander Campbell, as sole referee, to try the case and report a judgment. The referee reported a judgment in favor of the defendants. This report was, on motion of the plaintiff, set aside and a new trial granted, and the present appeal is from that order. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J.
The defendants are charged by the complaint as indorsers of a promissory note. The following facts are set forth in the agreed statement on motion for new trial:
“ On the fifteenth day of December, 1858, the plaintiff loaned to the French Town Canal and Mining Company, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, for which sum the said company made their promissory note payable to the order of the above named defendants, who indorsed the same for the accommodation of the said makers, the French Town Canal and Mining Company; and, after such indorsement, said note, so indorsed,…
2Cited by10 opinions
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