Watson v. Cornell

Decided July 1, 1878

California Supreme Court · decided 1878-07-01

Appeal from the District Court of the Twenty-first Judicial District, County of Lassen. Plaintiff appeals. Action brought for diversion of water.

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Decided 1878-07-01

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Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently August 1985

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¶1Judgment was rendered in favor of defendant May 3rd, 1877. Notice of appeal was served and filed July 18th, 1877. The Clerk certifies … “ that a good and sufficient undertaking on appeal in due form of law has been executed, and is now on file in said action in my office.”

¶2Respondent moved to dismisa the appeal.

By the Court ;

¶3The record does not contain a copy of the undertaking on appeal, nor does the certificate of the Clerk, so far as it relates to the undertaking on appeal, conform to sec. 953 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

¶4Appeal dismissed, without prejudice to-another-appeal.