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65 Cal. 227

Rough v. Simmons

California Supreme Court

Decided May 9, 1884

California Supreme Court · decided 1884-05-09

A general demurrer was interposed to the complaint, and sustained by the court. The plaintiff failed to amend, and judgment for defendant was rendered. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court.

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Decided 1884-05-09

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Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently September 1946

17 state decisions

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The Court.

¶1The complaint alleges that plaintiff is the owner and in possession of the easterly 11 42-100 acres of the Colonel Limberger Placer Mine, and that defendant claims an estate or interest therein adverse to the plaintiff, which claim is without right, and that defendant has no estate, right, title, or interest in the said 11 42-100 acres, etc. A general demurrer to the complaint was sustained by the Superior Court. This was error.

¶2Judgment reversed and cause remanded, with direction to the court below to overrule the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint.

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