Hancock v. Thom

Decided July 1, 1873

California Supreme Court · decided 1873-07-01

The plaintiff brought the action for one thousand six hundred dollars, the value of professional services as an attorney at law; judgment was rendered in his favor for twenty-six dollars and thirty cents without costs; he moved for a new trial, which was refused, and he appealed from the order refusing it. The other facts are stated in the opinion.

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Decided 1873-07-01

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By the Court:

¶1The application for a new trial was made and denied before the Code of Civil Procedure took effect, and must therefore be determined by the provisions of the former Practice Act.

¶2There is no statement filed or settled—nothing is found in the record by which it can be even imagined that the motion was supported, except a fugitive affidavit, in which a general history of the case is detailed; but this affidavit bears no identification as having been used at the hearing of the mo don in the Court below. No error appearing in the action of the Court, the order denying a new trial must be affirmed here, and it is so ordered. Bemittitur forthwith.