De Jarnatt v. Marquez
California Supreme Court
APPEAL form a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Lucien Shaw, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte,j.
—Plaintiff brought an action in the justice’s court for the sum of $250, being the principal of a promissory note, and he also asked judgment for the sum of $100 as an attorney’s fee in the litigation, the note providing for a reasonable attorney’s fee in case suit was brought. Defendant filed a demurrer, one,of the grounds of demurrer being that the court had no jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the action. The demurrer being overruled, issue was joined, and judgment went for plaintiff. Defendant appealed to the superior court upon questions of both law and fact. The case was tried upon…
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