Garoutte v. Williamson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order granting a new trial. Charles W. Slack, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
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This is an action to recover damages for the conversion of two thousand one hundred and sixty-eight sacks of wheat. The complaint is in the usual form, alleging, the conversion by defendants on the thirteenth day of October, 1892, and the answer denies all of its material averments.
The case was tried before a jury, and the verdict and judgment were in favor of the plaintiff. Defendants moved for a new trial, and their motion was granted on condition that they pay to the plaintiff, within a time named, his costs of suit, amounting to two hundred and twenty-six dollars. They…
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