California Supreme Court, 1875

Laird v. Waterford

Laird v. Waterford
California Supreme Court · Decided July 1, 1875
50 Cal. 315; 1875 Cal. LEXIS 156
Laird v. Waterford

Opinion of the Court

By the Court:

The motion of defendants for a nonsuit ought to have been .granted. The plaintiffs failed to prove such a possession of the demanded premises as entitled them to maintain *317the action, under the second subdivision of section 1160 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and there was no proof of a forcible entry or detainer.

Judgment and order reversed, and cause remanded with an order to the court below to dismiss the action.

Bemittitur forthwith.

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