Wheeler v. Kassabaum

California Supreme Court
Wheeler v. Kassabaum, 76 Cal. 90 (Cal. 1888)
18 P. 119; 1888 Cal. LEXIS 827
McKinstry

Wheeler v. Kassabaum

Opinion of the Court

McKinstry, J.

There is no evidence in the transcript to sustain the finding of five hundred dollars damages. The order denying a new trial must therefore be reversed.

There are other portions of the judgment which are not justified by the evidence or findings, but as a judg*92ment falls upon the entry o'f an order granting a new trial, it is not necessary to indicate such portions of the judgment.

The appeal from the judgment has been dismissed, and the sufficiency of the complaint cannot be considered on the appeal from the order denying a new trial. (1 Hayne on New Trial, sec. 1; Mason v. Austin, 46 Cal. 385; Jacks v. Buell, 47 Cal. 162; Onderdonk v. City of San Francisco, 75 Cal. 534.)

It may further be suggested that the real question between the parties hereto was not the right to the possion of a branding-iron, but was as to the right to use a certain brand. If the right was exclusively in the plaintiff, equity alone could afford him effectual relief.

Order reversed and cause remanded, with directions to the court below to enter an order granting a new trial.

Paterson, J., and Temple, J., concurred.

Reference

Full Case Name
WILLIAM WHEELER v. CHARLES KASSABAUM
Cited By
3 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
New Triad—Order Granting—Setting Aside Judgment.—An order granting a new trial operates to set aside the judgment. Id. —Appeal from Order Denying New Trial—Sufficiency of Com:plaint. —The sufficiency of the complaint cannot be considered on an appeal from an order denying a new trial.'