Legal Opinion

People v. Parrott

California Supreme Court

Decided January 11, 1868No. 1508Published

APPEAL from Tenth Judicial District, Colusa County.

1Opinion of the CourtSawyer, C. J.

The appeal is from the judgment, and the document called a statement on appeal presents no question in any form which entitles us to review it on an appeal from the judgment.

The specification that “the evidence did not justify or warrant the judgment, ’ ’ is insufficient: Hutton v. Reed, 25 Cal. 490. Besides, it has been so long settled, and so often stated, that we cannot review the evidence or findings of fact on an appeal from the judgment, that there ought not to be any occasion to repeat it. A motion for new trial is the only medium prescribed for presenting for review the matters…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hutton v. ReedCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Green v. ButlerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
  3. Allen v. FennonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864

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