Taber

Robert S. Bryant, Inc. v. Taber

Good Law
19 Cal. Rptr. 150·199 Cal. App. 2d 884
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 5, 1962Civ. 10292California299 words

Opinion

Opinion

Pierce, J.

In this action, pleaded under the common counts for services rendered by plaintiff to defendants in repairing defendants ’ residence following a fire loss, judgment was for the plaintiff.

Defendants, appearing in propria persona, have appealed on the judgment roll.

The allegations of the complaint were found to be true by the trial court. These findings were within the issues and support the judgment. Since the record does not contain the evidence presented at the trial, it must be presumed conclusively that the findings are supported by the evidence. (Kubon v. Kubon, 51 Cal.2d 229, 232 [ 331 P.2d 636 ].) The presumption cannot be rebutted by anything contained in the exhibits which have been transmitted to this court. (Hunt v. Plavsa, 103 Cal.App.2d 222, 224 [ 229 P.2d 482 ]; Tibbets v. Robb, 158 Cal.App.2d 330, 337 [ 322 P.2d 585 ].) Defendants-appellants, being laymen, unfortunately do not recognize the rules which circumscribe an appellate court’s inquiry on a judgment roll appeal.

Clutching confidently to the mistaken notion that we can not only consider and accept, but reweigh, their version of the evidence which was before the trial court, they make an earnest argument…

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