Clarkson v. Hoyt
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, Siskiyou County; Edward Sweeny, Judge. Action by James P. Clarkson against Perry Hoyt on a promissory note. Prom a judgment for plaintiff and order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BELCHER, C.
This is an action to recover the amount due on a promissory note for $1,969, given by defendant to plaintiff, and dated “Lakeview, Or., May 25, 1888.”
The material parts of the answer are as follows: It is alleged that in 1880 defendant was a resident in Siskiyou county, California, and was the owner of two fully equipped stock ranches in Lake county, Oregon, and also of a large number of cattle, horses, mares and mules, and was then engaged in the business of stock-raising in that county and state; that in September, 1880, he employed the plaintiff, at an agreed salary of $40 per…
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