Edmondson v. Alameda County (1864) · DecisionDepot

Edmondson v. Alameda County

Name: California Superior Court Tentative Rulings
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California Supreme Court Jul 1, 1864Published

Before: Sawyer

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Holding. The court will affirm a judgment when the appellant fails to file briefs, points, or an assignment of errors, as the court will not perform the duties of counsel by searching the record for errors.

Issues

Whether the court is required to examine a record for errors in the absence of briefs or an assignment of errors.

Disposition. Affirmed

Quotations verified verbatim against the opinion

“This Court will not perform the duties of counsel; it will not examine a record to see if it can find any errors upon which to reverse a judgment.”

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Briefs ie Supreme Court.&emdash;When a cause is submitted in the Supreme Court, with leave to file briefs within a time fixed, and no briefs or points are filed within the time, the Court will not examine the record, but the judgment will be affirmed.

By the Court, Sawyer, J. This cause was submitted, without oral argument, on the 4th of February. Each party had ten days in which to file briefs. Eo briefs or points are on file, and there is no assignment of errors in the record. This Court will not perform the duties of counsel; it will not examine a record to see if it can find any errors upon which to reverse a judgment. If the appellant’s counsel does not choose, in some form, to call the attention of the Court to the points, provisions of the statute, [350]and the authorities upon which he relies, the judgment willbe affirmed.

Judgment affirmed.

Edmondson v. Alameda County

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