Cowdery v. McChesney
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment- of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County and from an order denying a new trial. Edward I. Jones, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, C.
This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant, an(l from an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
■ The action was brought to recover a balance due on a mutual, » open and current account. A claim embodying an itemized statement of this account had been presented to defendant as executor of the last will of deceased, and by him rejected. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s efforts to lay before a jury evidence in support of his claim, a motion for a nonsuit was granted by the court-.
A portion of the account involved in the suit consisted in a claim for several years’ labor…
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