Pinkham & McDonough v. McFarland & Elrod

California Supreme Court
Pinkham & McDonough v. McFarland & Elrod, 5 Cal. 137 (Cal. 1855)
Murray

Pinkham & McDonough v. McFarland & Elrod

Opinion of the Court

Murray, C. J., delivered the opinion Of the Court.

Heydenfeldt, J., concurred.

The endorsements of the notes sued on are not denied with sufficient certainty by the answer; if they were, the defendants ought to have objected to their introduction in evidence.

*138As no such objection was made, the plaintiffs were warranted in supposing it was waived, and the subsequent motion for nonsuit was a surprise upon them which the Court should have relieved, by admitting further testimony.

The power of opening tip a case after it has been once submitted, rests in the sound discretion of the Court hearing the cause, which we will not as a general rule attempt to revise. In this case, however, the plaintiffs have beejMfc^l by the acts of the defendants, and justice requires that a ne^^HBmould be granted*

Ordered accordingly.

Reference

Full Case Name
PINKHAM & McDONOUGH v. McFARLAND & ELROD
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4 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
The power of opening up a case after it has been once submitted, rests in the sound discretion of the Court heating the cause, and. as a general rule will not be revised. Where one party to an action is misled by the act of the other, justice demands that a new trial should be granted.