Legal Opinion

Walker v. Sedgwick

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1855PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, County of San Joaquin. The point in controversy is distinctly stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the CourtHeydenfeldt, J.

Bryan, J., concurred.

The parties agree by stipulation to submit this case upon the single point, that the Judge below failed to find the facts and conclusions of law.

This is a case in Chancery to enforce a vender’s lien for the purchase money. In Chancery cases this Court has to examine the facts, and is not concluded by the findings of the Chancellor. The statute regulation does not therefore apply in such cases, because it would be utterly fruitless and lex non cogit ad vana. The statute was intended for cases in which the trial by the Judge supplied the place of a trial by jury, where the…

2Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Shapira v. D'ArcyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
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  5. Lyons v. LyonsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1861

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