Irish

Irish v. Pauley

Good Law
1897 Cal. LEXIS 972·5 Cal. Unrep. 651·48 P. 321
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMarch 31, 1897Sac. No. 160California1,200 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Searls, J.

Action upon a verbal contract to cut and deliver sawlogs at the sawmill of defendant, on the East Fork of the North Fork of the North Yuba river, county of Sierra. The cause was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury. Written findings were filed, upon which judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff for $560 and costs. Defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

We have found but little aid from the statement of facts by the counsel for the respective parties in their briefs. The statement of each is predicated upon the evidence in his own behalf, and seems to ignore that of his adversary. As there was a substantial conflict in the evidence upon nearly all the issues in the case, and as the court below found in favor of the plaintiff, counsel for respondent is justified in assuming the facts to be in line with the testimony of his own witnesses.

The first point made for reversal is that “the decision is against law, as the judgment is based upon contradictory *652 findings.” It is urged under this head that the third finding contradicts the sixth, and such others as find that plaintiff complied with all the conditions…

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