Shamp
Shamp v. White
Opinion
lead Opinion
Henshaw, J.
Action for unlawful detainer, brought under subdivision 1 of section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
The appeal is from the judgment. Exception is taken to the decision on the ground that it is not supported by the evidence. The evidence and the rulings complained of are presented by bill of exceptions.
The complaint averred defendant’s entry under a lease which which was pleaded not in precise words, but by its legal effect. The answer denied the making of the lease pleaded in the complaint, and affirmatively set forth in full the contract between the parties. This was sufficient to present issues for determination. (Murphy v. Napa County, 20 Cal. 497 ; Gilman v. Bootz, 63 Cal. 120 .)
The findings of the court are neither inconsistent nor contradictory. They declare against the lease and the holding pleaded in the complaint, and in favor of the instrument and possession set up in the answer.
*222 By the indenture plaintiff leased a farm to defendant “ for the term of one year from November 16,1892, to November 16, 1893, with the privilege of renewal of this lease for one year at the same terms at the pleasure of the party of the second part,” The contract here expressed…