Treatise on the Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace and Duties of Sheriffs and Constables: Especially Adapted to the Pacific States and Territories |
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... demands more than the sum over which the law gives the justice jurisdiction ; and it is error for him , after dismissing an ... demand at an amount above the sum within the jurisdiction , but claims damages in such sum , the justice has ...
... demands more than the sum over which the law gives the justice jurisdiction ; and it is error for him , after dismissing an ... demand at an amount above the sum within the jurisdiction , but claims damages in such sum , the justice has ...
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... demand judgment for a sum less than three hundred dollars , exclusive of interest , if the demand draws interest he may act , although there be more than that sum due upon the contract . Freeman vs. Powers , 7 Cal . 104 . SEC . 2. There ...
... demand judgment for a sum less than three hundred dollars , exclusive of interest , if the demand draws interest he may act , although there be more than that sum due upon the contract . Freeman vs. Powers , 7 Cal . 104 . SEC . 2. There ...
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... demand . Where one works for another , the law in general implies a promise to pay what the work is worth , but that implication does not arise in favor of a son who continues with his father's family after he attains his majority ...
... demand . Where one works for another , the law in general implies a promise to pay what the work is worth , but that implication does not arise in favor of a son who continues with his father's family after he attains his majority ...
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... demand , assessments had been duly levied by the city upon the property adjacent to the improvements to meet their expenses , and these assessments had been collected by the collector of street assessments , and by him paid into the ...
... demand , assessments had been duly levied by the city upon the property adjacent to the improvements to meet their expenses , and these assessments had been collected by the collector of street assessments , and by him paid into the ...
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... demand in favor of plaintiff acceded to by defendant ; and if defendant does not object to the account as presented , within a reasonable time , his silence will be an admission of its correctness . Terry vs. Sickles , 13 Cal . 427 ...
... demand in favor of plaintiff acceded to by defendant ; and if defendant does not object to the account as presented , within a reasonable time , his silence will be an admission of its correctness . Terry vs. Sickles , 13 Cal . 427 ...
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Popular passages
Page 623 - The court may determine any controversy between parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights; but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must then order them to be brought in...
Page 382 - ... to the effect that they are bound in double the value of the property, as stated in the affidavit of the plaintiff, for the delivery thereof to the plaintiff, if such delivery be adjudged, and for the payment to him of such sum as may, for any cause, be recovered against the defendant.
Page 489 - Every sale made by a vendor, of goods and chattels in his possession or under his control, and every assignment of goods and chattels, unless the same be accompanied by an immediate delivery and be followed by an actual and continued change of possession...
Page 606 - Anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property...
Page 820 - When new evidence is discovered material to the defendant, and which he could not, with reasonable diligence, have discovered and produced at the trial.
Page 57 - The principle of public policy is this: Ex dolo malo non oritur actio. No court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act.
Page 57 - For no country ever takes notice of the revenue laws of another. " <The objection, that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant, sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed; but it is founded in general principles of policy, which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice, as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may so say. The principle of public policy...
Page 276 - All persons having in their possession or under their control any credits or other personal property belonging to the defendant, or owing any debts to the defendant at the time of service upon them of a copy of the writ and notice, as provided in...
Page 546 - In an action brought to recover a balance due upon a mutual, open and current, account where there have been reciprocal demands between the parties, the cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued from the time of the last item proved in the account on either side.
Page 649 - If the amendment be made after the joining of the issue, and it be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court, by oath, that an adjournment is necessary to the adverse party in consequence of such amendment, an adjournment shall be granted.