Legal Opinion

Brooks v. Hyde

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1869PublishedCited by 42 opinions

Appeal from the District Court, Fifteenth Judicia,] District, City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Sanderson, J.:

This is an action of ejectment. The defenses, so far as we shall have occasion to consider them, are: denial of plaintiff’s title, title in defendants, and the local limitation Act of the 5th of March, 1864, in relation to actions for the recovery of lands in the City and County of San Francisco. Judgment passed for the plaintiff in the Court below. Thereupon the defendant moved for a new trial, which was denied.

It appeared at the trial, by the mutual agreement of counsel, that the premises in question are situated within the limits of the land which was confirmed…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hi-Voltage Wire Works, Inc. v. City of San JoseCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Gee v. MooreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1859
  3. People ex rel. Smith v. Judge of the Twelfth DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1861
  4. Moss v. WarnerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1858
  5. Jackson, ex dem. Bowen v. BurtonNew York Supreme Court · 1828

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. City of Pasadena v. StimsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  2. People ex rel. Daniels v. HenshawCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
  3. Boise Irrigation & Land Co. v. StewartIdaho Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Thomason v. AshworthCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Mordecai v. Board of Supervisors of County of MaderaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920

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