Sweetland v. Shattuck

California Supreme Court
Sweetland v. Shattuck, 66 Cal. 31 (Cal. 1884)
4 P. 885; 1884 Cal. LEXIS 670
Ross

Sweetland v. Shattuck

Opinion of the Court

Ross, J.

Assuming that the agreement upon which the plaintiff relied for a recovery was required to be evidenced by writing, the plaintiff was permitted in the court below to give proof of the agreement without objection that it was not in writing. Such objection cannot be made here for the first time. (Reed on the Statute of Frauds, vol. 2d, §§ 540, 541, and authorities there cited.)

The evidence upon which the verdict was based was substantially conflicting, and there were no exceptions taken in the court below to the instructions of the court.

Judgment and order affirmed.

McKinstry, J., and McKee, J., concurred.

Reference

Full Case Name
DELIA SWEETLAND v. D. D. SHATTUCK
Cited By
3 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Evidence—Appeal—Practice.—Where oral evidence of an agreement required to be in writing is received at the trial without objection, the question of its admissibility will not be considered on appeal.