Valencia v. Couch

By the Court, Sanderson, J.:

This action was brought to recover possession of a lot, thirty-eight by one hundred and thirty-two feet, in the City of San Francisco, under the provisions of the Act of the 2d of April, 1866, in relation to forcible entries and unlawful detainers. (Statutes 1865-6, p. 768.) The case was tried by the Court without a j ury. At the close of the testimony on the part of the plaintiffs, the defendant moved for judgment of nonsuit. Thereupon the plaintiffs moved for leave to amend their complaint by adding thereto a further or distinct cause of action for a detainer’.…