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21 Cal. 633

Rowe v. Bacigalluppi

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1863

California Supreme Court · decided 1863-07-01

The plaintiffs (seven in number) sued to recover a mining claim, averring in their complaint title and right to possession in themselves and an entry and ouster by defendants. The answer denied the plaintiffs’ title, admitted possession in defendants, and asserted their right to possession by virtue of an independent and better title.

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Decided 1863-07-01

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Cope, J. delivered the opinion of the Court

¶1C. J. concurring.

¶2This is an action to recover possession of a mining claim in the county of Calaveras. The appeal is from a judgment of nonsuit, and the only question is whether the nonsuit was properly granted. It was granted on the ground of a misjoinder of parties, there being as to some of the parties plaintiff no evidence of any interest in the subject matter of the suit.

¶3By the forty-fifth section of the Practice Act objections to the misjoinder or nonjoinder of parties must be taken either by demurrer or by answer, and if not so taken are to be deemed waived. In this case the objection was not taken by demurrer or by the answer, and we are of opinion that the nonsuit ought not to have been granted except as to the parties who failed to establish an interest in the property. It is admitted that as to the plaintiff Rowe the evidence was sufficient, and under the statute no question of a misjoinder could arise at the trial preventing a recovery on his part. His position, according to the complaint, was that of a tenant in common with the other plaintiffs, and as against mere *636trespassers, as the defendants would seem to be, there can be no doubt of his right to recover.

¶4Judgment reversed and cause remanded for a new trial.

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