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76 Cal. 90

Wheeler v. Kassabaum

California Supreme Court

Decided May 5, 1888

California Supreme Court · decided 1888-05-05

The complaint alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff was engaged in the business of raising cattle for sale in the counties of Tuolumne, Merced, and Mariposa, and was the owner of and uses a brand “ D. H.,” in branding animals “required to be branded by” section 3167 of the Political Code, and that he caused the brand to be recorded in the office of the respective recorders of the three counties named; that he transferred his cattle to defendant as security, and delivered…

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently July 1902

3 state decisions

Relies on Onderdonk v. City & Cty. of S.F. · Jacks v. Buell · Mason v. Austin

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Decided 1888-05-05

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McKinstry, J.

¶1There is no evidence in the transcript to sustain the finding of five hundred dollars damages. The order denying a new trial must therefore be reversed.

¶2There are other portions of the judgment which are not justified by the evidence or findings, but as a judg*92ment falls upon the entry o'f an order granting a new trial, it is not necessary to indicate such portions of the judgment.

¶3The appeal from the judgment has been dismissed, and the sufficiency of the complaint cannot be considered on the appeal from the order denying a new trial. (1 Hayne on New Trial, sec. 1; Mason v. Austin, 46 Cal. 385; Jacks v. Buell, 47 Cal. 162; Onderdonk v. City of San Francisco, 75 Cal. 534.)

¶4It may further be suggested that the real question between the parties hereto was not the right to the possion of a branding-iron, but was as to the right to use a certain brand. If the right was exclusively in the plaintiff, equity alone could afford him effectual relief.

¶5Order reversed and cause remanded, with directions to the court below to enter an order granting a new trial.

¶6Paterson, J., and Temple, J., concurred.

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