Legal Opinion

Williams v. Ashe

California Supreme Court

Decided January 30, 1896No. 15656PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a new trial. Charles W. Slack, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

The Court.

Appeals from the judgment in an action of claim and delivery and from the order denying a new *182trial. The action was for the recovery of certain race horses, or their value in case a delivery could not be made, the horses having been taken by defendant from the possession of the plaintiff after the sale of them to him by one Kelly.

The defendant denied the allegations of the complaint, and averred that he was the owner of the horses, and that he was indebted to one M. J. Kelly in the sum of four thousand seven hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty cents. To secure this indebtedness…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. McNeil v. . the Tenth National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  2. Ballard v. . BurgettNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
  3. Fredericks v. TracyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Everett v. SaltusNew York Supreme Court · 1836
  5. Smith v. . ClewsNew York Court of Appeals · 1889

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  5. Brittan v. Oakland Bank of SavingsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899

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