Olney v. Butte Creek Consol. Dredging Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Action by the Butte Creek Consolidated Dredging Company against Laura F. Olney and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
HITZ, Acting Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbina, where a jury *737was waived and the case tried before a justice, coming here upon a bill of exceptions.
On January 3, 1911, the appellee filed in the superior court of Butte county, Cal., an amended complaint," setting up that, prior to April 8, 1907, the appellants were the owners in fee of a certain described tract of land in that county, and that on said day they entered into a written contract for the sale thereof to two individuals,' which was subsequently assigned to the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Townsend v. VanderwerkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Harshey v. BlackmarrSupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
- Foster-Milburn Co. v. ChinnCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
- Tyson v. First State Bank & Trust Co. of Santa AnnaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Butte Creek Consol. Dredging Co. v. OlneyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
3Cited by1 opinion
- Cafritz v. HazenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936