Vasey

Vasey v. Campbell

Good Law
1906 Cal. App. LEXIS 129·4 Cal. App. 451·88 P. 509
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 23, 1906Civ. No. 277.California1,134 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Hall, J.

This is an appeal by defendant Campbell from a judgment in favor of plaintiff and against Campbell for the recovery of certain personal property, and one dollar damages for the detention thereof, and comes to this court upon the judgment-roll.

The complaint is in the usual form of an action for claim and delivery of personal property. The contention of appellant is that although the court, in express terms, found “That the plaintiff is now, and for more than one year last past has been, the owner of and entitled to the possession of” the property sued for, the judgment is not supported by the findings, because from other findings it appears that the property sued for is ordinarily used in playing a banking game prohibited by the statutes of this state.

The finding that the plaintiff is the owner of and entitled to the possession of the property is a finding of an ultimate fact, and with the other findings as to the possession of the property by defendant, the demand for the delivery thereof, the refusal to deliver, the value and damage, are sufficient to support the judgment.

It is insisted, however, by appellant that the findings as a whole do not support the judgment, and…

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