Spence

Spence v. Scott

Good Law
1893 Cal. LEXIS 505·97 Cal. 181·31 P. 939
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJanuary 12, 1893No. 14774California310 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Upon further consideration of this cause, after hearing in Bank, we are satisfied with the conclusion which was reached by Department One in its opinion filed September 2, 1892, and for the reasons stated in said opinion, the judgment and order appealed from are affirmed.

The following is the opinion above referred to: —

This is an appeal taken from a judgment of foreclosure by one of the defendants. There is no bill of exceptions.

Appellant filed an answer in which he set up various defenses. It is claimed that the court erroneously struck out certain portions of his answer, and this is the only question which he seeks to present on this appeal.

Manifestly, the question cannot be presented without a bill of exceptions. (Dimick v. Campbell, 31 Cal. 238 ; Douglas v. Dakin, 46 Cal. 49 ; Nevada County and Sacra *182 mento Canal Co. v. Kidd, 43 Cal. 180 ; Feely v. Shirley, 43 Cal. 369 ; Code Civ. Proc., secs. 670, 950.)

Indeed, the decisions upon this point have been very numerous, commencing with the first volume of the reports. The following are a few of them: Gunter v. Geary, 1 Cal. 462 ; Griswold v. Sharpe, 2 Cal. 17 ; Wilson v. Middleton, 2 Cal. 54 ; Castro’s Ex’rs v.…

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