McPherson

McPherson v. Garbutt

Good Law
1907 Cal. App. LEXIS 339·7 Cal. Unrep. 331·89 P. 991
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMarch 13, 1907California2,040 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Kerrigan, J.

This is an action by which the plaintiff in part prayed that the nature of the interest of the defendants in certain land be declared; that she be decreed the equitable owner of an undivided one-sixth interest therein upon certain payments being made by her at a time to be fixed by the court; that the property be sold, and one-sixth of the proceeds, less the amount due from her to Garbutt, be paid to her. The case was tried by the court sitting without a jury, and in accordance with the prayer of the answer it was adjudged that the plaintiff had no interest whatever in the land described in the complaint; that title to it was in *332 the Moody Gulch Oil Company (hereinafter called the M. G. Co.). The defendant Garbutt, in addition to other matters set forth in the answer, counterclaimed against the plaintiff for the amount due him on her three certain promissory notes, with interest, costs, and the sum of $12.81, an expense incurred by him for her; upon which claim judgment was rendered in his favor for $1,068.57. The appeal is from an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial upon the grounds that the decision is against law, insufficiency of the evidence, and errors of…

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