Legal Opinion

Haggin v. Clark

California Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1865PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. On the 9th day of February, 1S63, James B. Haggin et al. recovered judgment in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco, against William S. Clark et al., for the possession of a lot of land in said city. Nathan Rogers was not one of the defendants by name ip the judgment.

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Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. On the 9th day of February, 1S63, James B. Haggin et al. recovered judgment in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco, against William S. Clark et al., for the possession of a lot of land in said city. Nathan Rogers was not one of the defendants by name ip the judgment. On the 6th day of January, 1864, a writ was issued on the judgment and placed in the Sheriffs hands, by which he was commanded to place the plaintiffs in possession of the land'described in…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Shafter, J.

This is an appeal from an order discharging an order requiring the respondent to show cause why an attachment should not issue against him for a contempt of Court, within the provisions of an Act passed April 8, 1862, entitled “An Act for the punishment of contempts and trespasses.”

There is a statement annexed to the record of the order appealed from and all the errors complained of arise upon the statement.

The respondent insists that there is no sufficient specification in the statement of the grounds upon which the appellant intended to rely in this Court, and that…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hutton v. ReedCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Barrett v. TewksburyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wetherbee v. CarrollCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Le Roy v. RogersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866
  3. Leffingwell v. GriffingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
  4. Cross v. ZaneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1872
  5. Rousset v. BoyleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1872

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