Legal Opinion

Colton v. Onderdonk

California Supreme Court

Decided March 26, 1886No. 9130PublishedCited by 54 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Foote, C.

The plaintiff instituted this action for the recovery of damages, which she claimed the defendant had caused to her dwelling-house while he was engaged in blasting rock in grading another lot adjoining that on which the plaintiff’s dwelling stood.

The cause being tried by a jury, their verdict was in favor of Mrs. Colton for $7,500; this was on the 19th of March, 1883. Afterward, on the 19th of Juné, 1883, a judgment thereon was rendered for the sum of $7,631.25, and interest from said date at seven per cent per annum, together with costs and disbursements in the sum of $464.45. From…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Transportation Co. v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Hay v. . the Cohoes CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
  3. Losee v. . BuchananNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  4. Heeg v. . LichtNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  5. Shipley v. Fifty AssociatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870

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3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Whitman Hotel Corporation v. Elliott & Watrous Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
  2. Fitz Simons & Connell Co. v. Braun & FittsIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Sandstrom v. California Horse Racing BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Exner v. Sherman Power Const. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  5. Spano v. Perini Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1969

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