McMinn v. Bliss
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court, City and County of San Francisco. The plaintiff averred in his complaint that his testator before his decease, and plaintiff as executor after his death, were each in possession of certain tracts of land in the City of San Francisco, described as follows: First—Beginning at a point on the southerly line of Jack-lifetime, one hundred feet, more or less, westerly from Polk street, on said southerly line of Jackson street; running thence southerly'…
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Appeal from the County Court, City and County of San Francisco. The plaintiff averred in his complaint that his testator before his decease, and plaintiff as executor after his death, were each in possession of certain tracts of land in the City of San Francisco, described as follows: First—Beginning at a point on the southerly line of Jack-lifetime, one hundred feet, more or less, westerly from Polk street, on said southerly line of Jackson street; running thence southerly' along the line of said fence south eight degrees east to the northerly dine of Washington street; thence westerly along…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J.:
This is an action of forcible entry and detainer. The case passed from the Justice’s Court to the County Court on appeal taken by defendants on the 31st of December, 1863. At the January term of the County Court, 1864, the defendants moved to dismiss the action on the ground that the statutes under which it was brought had been repealed. The motion was denied. The case was tried at the September term, 1864, and comes here on the appeal of the defendants from the judgment and the order overruling their motion for a new trial.
The Act of April 27th, 1863, (Acts 1863, p.…
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