California Supreme Court, 1859

Nelson v. Highland

Nelson v. Highland
California Supreme Court · Decided July 1, 1859 · Baldwin
13 Cal. 74
Nelson v. Highland

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Opinion of the Court

Baldwin, J. delivered the opinion of the Court

Terry, C. J. concurring.

We do not think it was a good ground of demurrer that the Christian name of one of the plaintiffs does not appear in the record. We cannot judicially know that one of the plaintiffs had either a Christian or heathen name, or that it is necessarily untrue that he has forgotten it if he had.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded.

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