Ricks v. Lindsay
Ricks v. Lindsay
Opinion of the Court
It is alleged in the complaint in this case that the plaintiffs were the owners, as tenants in common, of a strip of land in the city of Eureka, described as a strip fifteen feet wide, and extending from the southeast corner of Tenth and H streets southerly along the east side of H street one thousand and eighty-one feet, and that on the thirteenth day of May, 1890, the defendant unlawfully entered upon the said strip, and took down and removed therefrom a fence placed thereon by plaintiffs, to their damage in the sum of $250, for which they prayed judgment. The answer of the defendant alleged that the said strip of land was and is a part of H street, an open public highway within the corporate limits of the city of Eureka, and that the plaintiffs had no right to the use, occupation, or possession of said strip, or any part thereof; that during all the times mentioned in the complaint defendant was the city marshal of said city, and that the common council thereof had power to regulate all streets in the city, of which H street was one; that on or about the first day of May, 1890, the plaintiffs unlawfully encroached upon and obstructed the said street by building the said fence thereon; that on the sixth day of May, 1890, the corporate authorities of the city passed an order or resolution directing defendant, as city marshal, to remove all obstructions on H street; and that defendant thereafter, acting under said order, and not otherwise, removed said fence from said strip quietly and peaceably, the same being a public nuisance. The case was tried by the court, without a jury, and, after finding sundry probative facts, the court found as follows: “That the land described in plaintiffs’ complaint is a portion of that part of H street lying between said Tenth and Fourteenth streets, and is a strip on the east side thereof, fifteen feet wide and one thousand and eighty-one and eight-tenths feet long. That in the month of April, 1890, plaintiffs inclosed said strip of land with a fence. But subsequently, and prior to the bringing of the action, the plaintiffs themselves tore down that portion of said fence erected between Tenth and Eleventh streets, leaving involved in this action only the fifteen feet extending from Eleventh to Fourteenth streets. That the defendant, acting as marshal of the city of Eureka and under the direction of the common council thereof, removed said fence from said strip of land lying between Eleventh and Thirteenth streets
The only question is, Do the findings cover all the issues, and are they sufficient? Pereira v. Smith, 79 Cal. 232, 21 Pac. 739. The only other point made for a reversal of the judgment and order is that the conclusions of law were not justified by the facts found. The point is argued upon the theory that it does not necessarily result from the probative facts found that the strip of land in controversy was a part of
We concur: Temple, C.; Haynes, C.
For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion the judgment and order denying a new trial are affirmed.
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- Findings—Refusal of Court to Adopt.—It being the duty of the court to find on all issues without any request, refusal to adopt a requested finding prepared by counsel is not error, the only thing necessary being that the findings cover all the issues and be sufficient.