Kohler v. Wells, Fargo & Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sawyer, J.
Plaintiff sues to recover four thousand dollars, alleged to have been paid under duress. The defendants constitute the well known express company, engaged in the business of carrying treasure and other valuables between California and the Eastern States and Europe.
The complaint alleges, substantially, that on the 2d day of April, I860, the plaintiff, at the request of defendants,"through their agents, called at the express office of said defendants in San Francisco, and was there by the direction of defendants’ agent conducted into a private room, in which were…
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