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Welch v. SmithWelch v. Smith

California Supreme Court
Jul 1, 1873
No. 3,548
Reporters:
By the Court:

This is an action of replevin, and the plaintiff had judgment for the restitution and possession ‍​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‍of the following named goods, mentioned in the complaint, to wit: Buckwheat, valued at three hundred and sixty-five dollars and seventy-five cents; sweet potatoes, valued at thirty-nine dollars; Irish potatoes, valued at one hundred ‍​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‍and sixty dollars; squash, valued at one hundred and forty-five dollars; or in case restitution and possession thereof cannot be had, then for the sum of seven hundred and nine dollars and seventy-five cents, the ‍​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‍value thereof as found by the Court. This description of goods recovered is obviously insufficient to sustain a judgment in replevin, unless, perhaps, it be aided in this instance by reference to the description set ‍​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‍forth in the complaint. On looking into the complaint, however, the description there given is, if possible, even less definite than that found in the judgment itself. A portion of the property is there ‍​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‍described as “ about ten acres of potatoes, about four acres of squash,” etc.

Judgment reversed, and cause remanded.

Case Details

Case Name: Welch v. Smith
Court Name: California Supreme Court
Date Published: Jul 1, 1873
Citations: 45 Cal. 230; No. 3,548
Docket Number: No. 3,548
Court Abbreviation: Cal.
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