Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volumen99Bancroft-Whitney, 1906 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
adverse possession affirmed agreement alleged amended amount appeal appellant assessment assignment attorney authority averment Bank board of supervisors bonds cause of action City and County Civil Procedure claim Code Civ Code of Civil commenced Company complaint concurred constitution contract corporation County of San creditor deceased decree deed defendant demurrer dismiss district dollars entitled evidence execution executor facts fendant filed finding foreclosure fraud indebtedness insolvent issue John Sullivan judge judgment and order jurisdiction jury land levied liability lien MCFARLAND ment mortgage motion notice objection opinion order denying owner paid party payment person plaintiff pleadings possession premises prior proceedings promissory note purchase purpose question quiet title reason recover rescission respondent resulting trust San Francisco statement statute statute of limitations street sufficient Superior Court taxes testator testimony therein thereof tion trial trust witness
Pasajes populares
Página 150 - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.
Página 363 - This can only be obviated by adhering to the rule that constitutional provisions for the security of person and property should be liberally construed. A close and literal construction deprives them of half their efficacy, and leads to gradual depreciation of the right, as if it consisted more in sound than in substance. It is the duty of courts to be watchful for the constitutional rights of the citizen, and against any stealthy encroachments thereon.
Página 584 - All patents granted, or preemption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrue'd water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by this section.
Página 241 - The relief granted to the plaintiff, if there be no answer, cannot exceed that which he shall have demanded in his complaint; but in any other case, the court may grant him any relief consistent with the case made by the complaint and embraced within the issue.
Página 746 - The cause of action in such case not to be deemed to have accrued until the discovery, by the aggrieved party, of the facts constituting the fraud or mistake.
Página 83 - An action is deemed to be pending from the time of its commencement until its final determination upon appeal, or until the time for appeal has passed, unless the judgment is sooner satisfied.
Página 302 - A witness may also be impeached by evidence that he has made, at other times, statements inconsistent with his present testimony; but before this can be done the statements must be related to him, with the circumstances of times, places, and persons present, and he must be asked whether he made such statements, and if so, allowed to explain them. If the statements be in writing, they must be shown to the witness before any question is put to him concerning them.
Página 21 - ... to make any gift, or authorize the making of any gift, of any public money or thing of value to any individual, municipal or other corporation whatever...
Página 542 - In determining the value of land appropriated for public purposes, the same considerations are to be regarded as in a sale of property between private parties. The inquiry in such cases must be what is the property worth in the market, viewed not merely with reference to the uses to which it is at the time applied, but with reference to the uses to which it is plainly adapted ; that is to say, what is it worth from its availability for valuable uses.
Página 625 - ... upon such terms as may be just, at any time within one year after notice thereof, relieve a party from a judgment, order, or other proceeding, taken against him through his mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect...