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2 Cal. 421

Collin v. Card

California Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1852

California Supreme Court · decided 1852-10-15

., This action was brought to recover of defendant $588, money collected by defendant, &c., to the plaintiff’s use.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently August 1946

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Decided 1852-10-15

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¶1The opinion of the Court was delivered by Heydenfeldt, Justice. Murray, 0. J., and Anderson, Justice, concurring.

¶2The only question of law raised by the record is, the refusal of the Court to admit in evidence a private account book of the plaintiff, containing the receipts and expenses of the boat. It appears that the book contained only an account of moneys paid, and was kept by himself. It was introduced to show that the boat had made no profits, upon the hypothesis that the contract with the defendant was for a share of the profits.

¶3The jury found against this hypothesis, and therefore the exclusion of the evidence worked no injury to the plaintiff.

¶4Besides this consideration, I know of no rule by which the excluded evidence would be admissible.

¶5The judgment is affirmed.

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