Legal Opinion

Hibbard v. Chipman

California Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 1856No. 774PublishedCited by 2 opinions

APPEAL from Third Judicial District, Alameda County.

1Opinion of the CourtHeydenfeldt, J.

— We have no means of determining whether or not the court below erred in refusing to change the venue. There are loose affidavits sent up with the transcripts, which may have been used for that object; but they are not embodied in the statement of the ease or hill of exceptions, have no verity, and are no part of the record.

It was not error for the court to proceed with the trial after notice of an appeal from its decision refusing a change of venue. Such a course would be a most vicious practice. Every case in which one party sought delay would have to be *17continued upon an application for…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. McKenzie v. Los Angeles Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
  2. Golish v. FeinsteinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932

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