D'Azizi v. Alcaraz
D'Azizi v. Alcaraz
Opinion of the Court
delivered the ppinion of the court.
Sections 1387 and 1389, in part, and section 1393 of the Civil Code read as follows:
“Section 1387. The vendor is bound to give a warranty against hidden defects which the thing sold may have should they render it unfit for the use to which it was destined, or if they should diminish said use in such manner that had the vendee had knowledge thereof he would not have acquired it or would have given a lower price for it; . . . . ”
“Section 1389. In the cases of the two preceding sections the vendee may choose between withdrawing from the contract, the expenses which he may have incurred being returned to him, or demanding a proportional reduction of the price, according to the judgment of experts. ...”
“Section 1393. Actions arising from the provision of the five preceding sections shall be extinguished after six months, counted from the delivery of the thing sold.”
An amended answer filed a month before the date of the trial is prefaced by a demurrer which specifies the two grounds indicated in the assignment of errors. There is nothing to show that the matter was brought to the attention of the district judge at any time before the case was called for trial, or that the demurrer for want of facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action was overruled. The stenographic record recites that after the parties had announced that they were ready for trial the demurrer contained in the answer was discussed, but the only question passed upon by the court was the question of limitation.
The contention of appellant, as to want of facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action is that the complaint does not specify the use to which the house and lot was destined nor allege that the defects in question rendered the property unfit for such use. These omitted facts, in so far as they do not appear by a fair inference from other averments, were supplied by the evidence.
The deed of conveyance was executed on October 5, 1926. The complaint was filed on April 5, 1927.
As to the question of limitation, the ruling of the court below was based on section 388 of the Political Code, which provides that:
“The time in which an act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded.”
Tbe contention that tbe judgment is not supported by the evidence is equally without merit.
Tbe judgment appealed from must be affirmed.
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