Whartenby

Jackson v. Whartenby

Good Law
5 Cal. 94
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJuly 1, 1855California328 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Bryan, J.

Heydenfeldt, J., concurred.

The complaint in this cause alleges that the defendants were indebted to plaintiff in the sum of eight hundred and fifty-one dollars, upon several accounts, in favor of Bagley & Hildreth, certified to by the Secretary of the company, and transferred, for value received by Bagley & Hildreth, to plaintiff; and also upon an order for one hundred dollars, *95 drawn by George Hutt in favor of Charles S. Bagley upon William B-Holmes, another Secretary of the “ Slate Creek Company,” for money as wages due Hutt, which order was accepted by Holmes, as Secretary of the company, and transferred by Bagley & Hildreth, or associates, to the plaintiff, for value received.

It appears from the record sent up, that after the plaintiff had closed his case, having introduced evidence of his claims, that the Court, upon motion of defendants’ counsel for a nonsuit, after stating that there was evidence sufficient to sustain a judgment for the sum of one hundred dollars in plaintiff’s favor, proceeded to grant a nonsuit, assigning, as a reason, that the Court had no jurisdiction of such an amount. Section 6 of the sixth Article of the Constitution, provides that “ the…

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