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5 Cal. 502

Bennett v. Taylor

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1855

California Supreme Court · decided 1855-07-01

<p>Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, San Joaquin County.</p>

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently November 1870

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Decided 1855-07-01

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Murray, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶1Heydenfeldt, J., concurred.

¶2The Court below erred in permitting the plaintiff to introduce the mortgage in evidence, without first producing or accounting for the note.

¶3The mortgage was a mere incident to the debt; and in order to maintain the action, which was founded on the plaintiff’s possession and the mortgage, the debt should have been proved.

¶4In other respects, the rulings of the Court were correct, and the case properly tried.

¶5Judgment reversed and new trial ordered.

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