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Feely v. ShirleyFeely v. Shirley

California Supreme Court
Apr 15, 1872
No. 2,784
Reporters:
Before:
Niles

By the Court,

Niles, J.:

The ruling of the Court in striking out a portion of ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‍the answer cannot be reviewed upon this appeal, since it forms no part of the judgment roll. (Dimmick v. Campbell, 31 Cal. 238; Moore v. Del. Valle, 28 Cal. 174.)

The motion for a nonsuit was ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‍properly denied. The breaking of the flume was distinctly alleged in the complaint, and the answer took issue upon the wrongful character of the act merely, but ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‍did not deny its commission. The breaking was, therefore, an admitted fact; and, conceding the plaintiff’s light of property in the flume, no proof of *371the breaking ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‍was requisite to establish his right to recover at least nominal damages.

The testimony in the case was conflicting, and there appears sufficient testimony to support the findings ‍‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‍of the Court upon all the issues made by the pleadings.

Judgment and ordér affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Feely v. Shirley
Court Name: California Supreme Court
Date Published: Apr 15, 1872
Citations: 43 Cal. 369; No. 2,784
Docket Number: No. 2,784
Court Abbreviation: Cal.
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