Crouse-Prouty

Crouse-Prouty v. Rogers

Good Law
13 Cal. App. 561·1910 Cal. App. LEXIS 146·110 P. 142
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 6, 1910Civ. No. 825.California943 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Shaw, J.

Action to quiet title. Judgment went for defendants ; plaintiffs moved for a new trial, which motion was granted, and defendants prosecute this appeal from the order granting the same.

The judgment was based upon certain findings of the court - to the effect that the purchase price of the lot in controversy was not paid to Glassell pursuant to the contract; that the deed to plaintiff Carol Crouse-Prouty did not describe the land set out in the complaint; that at the time defendant Julia Nolan Rogers received the deed to the lot she had no notice, either actual or constructive, of the deed from the corporation to plaintiff, and that plaintiff had no claim of right, title, or interest in and to the lot in question, as to all of which findings the evidence was conflicting.

The grounds of the motion for a new trial were insufficiency of the evidence to justify the decision, newly discovered evidence embodied in affidavits used upon the hearing of the motion, and errors of law occurring at the trial. In such cases, where the order, as here, is general, this court will not disturb the ruling of the trial court unless the mating of the order constitutes an abuse of discretion. (Brooks…

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