Boyd

Boyd v. Boyd

Good Law
1893 Cal. LEXIS 989·3 Cal. Unrep. 748·31 P. 1108
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJanuary 14, 1893No. 19,046California427 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Foote, J.

This appeal was taken from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff and from an order refusing a new trial. The appeal from the order has been dismissed by the appellate tribunal, and the matter now stands on an appeal from the judgment alone, This appeal was not taken within sixty days from the rendition of the judgment, so that no exception to the decision on the ground that it is not supported by the evidence can be considered. The findings must therefore be held to be supported by the evidence. The appellant contends, however, that the findings are insufficient. The findings are general, viz.: That all the allegations of the plaintiff's complaint are true; that all the allegations of the answer of the defendant, and of the averments thereto, are untrue and false, except the admissions contained in allegations 1 and 2, viz., that the parties were married as alleged in the complaint, and are husband and wife; and that the issue of said marriage was correctly stated in that pleading. Such findings have often been held to be sufficient: Richards v. Shear, 70 Cal. 186 , 11 Pac. 607 .

*749 It is further claimed by the defendant and appellant that the court abused its discretion in…

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