Quan Wye v. Chin Lin Hee (1898) · DecisionDepot

Quan Wye v. Chin Lin Hee

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California Supreme Court Dec 29, 1898 No. S. F. No. 281Published

Before: Chipman

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Holding. The court held that the evidence sufficiently established the assignment of the instrument to the plaintiff and that the defendant waived any objection regarding the assignor's capacity to sue by failing to raise it in the trial court.

Issues

Whether the evidence was sufficient to establish the assignment of the instrument to the plaintiff.
Whether the defendant waived the objection that the assignor was a fictitious name by failing to raise it in the pleadings or at trial.

Disposition. Affirmed

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“We think the evidence was sufficient to establish the fact of assignment, and that being so, the action was brought in the name of the party in interest within the meaning of section 367 of the Code of Civil Procedure.”

“The objection was therefore waived and cannot now for the first time be urged.”

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Action by Assignee—Whitten Promise to Pay Money—Beal Party in Interest.—The assignee of a written promise to pay money for goods sold is entitled to sue upon it, as the real party in interest, within the meaning of section 367 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Id.—Assignment by Partnership—Fictitious Name.—An assignee of a written instrument for the payment of money to a partnership by its firm name, though fictitious, may sue upon it, without regard to the right of the partnership to sue thereupon.

Id.—Waiver of Objection—Appeal.—Any objection to the capacity of the partnership is waived, if not made in the courts below in any manner, and cannot be urged upon appeal for the first time.

CHIPMAN, C. Action upon an instrument in writing given by defendant to Quan On Wing in payment for certain goods, wares, and merchandise, and assigned to plaintiff before the commencement of the action. The trial was by a jury, and plaintiff had the verdict. Defendant appeals from the judgment and from the order denying a new trial. The judgment does not appear in the transcript, although the verdict does. Ho point is made upon this omission, and we will treat the record as containing the judgment appealed from.

1. The only error of law assigned as occurring at the trial is that the instrument sued upon was not shown to have been properly assigned, and that it was error to admit it in evidence over defendant’s objection. We think the evidence was sufficient to establish the fact of assignment, and that being so, the action was brought in the name of the party in interest within the meaning of section 367 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

2. It is objected that Quan On Wing was a fictitious name, not showing the persons interested as partners, and that Quan On Wing could not maintain an action upon the document set forth in the complaint, and therefore the assignee could not. There is nothing in the point. (Cheney v. Newberry, 67 Cal. 126; Wing Ho v. Baldwin, 70 Cal. 194.) Furthermore, defendant did not demur to the complaint on any ground, nor did he in his answer present the objection now urged,'nor object at the trial to any of the evidence on the ground that plaintiff’s assignor was incapacitated to sue on the obligation. The objection was therefore waived and cannot now for the first time be urged. (Phillips v. Goldtree, 74 Cal. 151; Cook v. Fowler, 101 Cal. 89.)

The judgment and order should be affirmed.

Haynes, C., and Britt, C., concurred.

For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion the judgment and order are affirmed.

McFarland, J., Temple, J., Henshaw, J.

Quan Wye v. Chin Lin Hee

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