Noble

Noble v. Learned

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1906 Cal. LEXIS 382·7 Cal. Unrep. 297·87 P. 402
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJuly 31, 1906California1,339 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Buckles, J.

This action was prosecuted to determine the title to certain stock in the San Joaquin Valley Building and Loan Association, and for the delivery up and cancellation of the certificate representing the same, for an injunction restraining the payment of money on account of said certificates, and for the issuance to plaintiff of certificates of said stock. Judgment was for plaintiff, and the appeal is ■ from the judgment.

The first error assigned is that the court refused the defendants’ demand for a jury. Whatever view may he taken of the case as to other matters, it is an equity case, and there was therefore no error in denying the defendants’ demand for a jury: Code Civ. Proc., sec. 592; Meek v. De La Tour, 2 Cal. App. 261 , 83 Pac. 300 ; Ashton v. Heggerty, 130 Cal. 517 , 62 Pac. 934 . The complaint alleges that Deborah H. Lee died intestate March 12, 1903, and at that time she was the owner and entitled to forty shares of the capital stock of the San Joaquin Valley Building and Loan Association, in a certificate numbered 465, and that one Gennis H. Learned, upon the death of said Deborah H. Lee, wrongfully and unlawfully took possession of said certificate of stock, had the…

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