Legal Opinion
Marquard v. Wheeler
California Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1877No. 5445PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The plaintiff had judgment. The defendants moved for a new trial, which was denied, and they appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court :
After the charge of the Court had been given, the record proceeds as follows: “ The jury retired, and after due deliberation returned into Court, and on the 10th day of March, 1876, rendered a verdict in writing, signed by their foreman, whereby they found for the plaintiff the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars in gold coin, which verdict was thereupon read to the jury by the Clerk of said Court.
“Whereupon, the jury, being instructed by the Court that a verdict could not be rendered in gold coin, again retired and returned into Court again and rendered a verdict for the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Watson v. San Francisco & Humboldt Bay RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1875
3Cited by2 opinions
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