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59 Cal. 652

Shaeffer v. Matzen

California Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1881

California Supreme Court · decided 1881-11-15

<p>Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, in the Superior Court of Butte County. Hundley, J.</p>

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Decided 1881-11-15

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Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently January 1930

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The Court:

¶1The Court erred in refusing to grant a nonsuit in this case. The action was ejectment, and there was no proof of possession by defendant at the commencement of the action. The motion for a nonsuit was made on the ground that there was no such proof, and it should have been granted.

¶2The -finding that the defendant took possession of the land sued for, prior to the commencement of the action, and had ever since held the same, was not sustained by the evidence.

¶3For these errors the judgment and order denying a new trial are reversed, and the cause remanded.

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