Watrous v. Cunningham
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of San' Joaquin, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMyrick, J.
This action is for the recovery of the possession of sixty hogs, alleged by plaintiff to be his property. The hogs had been seized by the defendant Cunningham, as sheriff, by *411virtue of an attachment at the suit of the defendant McDougald, as the property of one Ho Yuck. On the trial, the question was whether the plaintiff had bought the hogs as and for his own property, or whether he had advanced the money to Ho Yuck, the latter being the purchaser. The plaintiff called one Ling Sing as a witness, who testified that he bought hogs from Ho Yuck, that sometimes Ho Yuck got the money for them,…
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