Hill v. Finigan
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Court.
Action for damages for the conversion of certain mining stock and diamonds. This property was pledged to secure the payment of money advanced by defendant at the request of plaintiff. Payment not having been made, the pledgee caused the property to be sold to satisfy the debt. The grounds of objection to the sale are, that although notice of the sale was given to the pledgor, none was given to the public, and that the pledgee himself was the purchaser at the sale. The defense was, that the want of notice to the public was at the pledgor’s request, and to save him from expense, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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