People v. Cummings
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. George H. Bahrs, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Fleet, J.
Defendant was accused by information of the crime of obtaining property by false pre*438tenses, under section 532 of the Penal Code—the property-charged to have been obtained being described as two-certain parcels of land. He demurred to the information as not stating an offense. The demurrer was sustained, and the people appeal, the sole question being whether land is such property as to be the subject of the-offense sought to be charged.
We think the demurrer was properly sustained. Looking at the history of the offense, and the evil which-it has always been designed to correct, and regarding as…
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