Stevenson v. Haskins

California Supreme Court Dec 1, 1856 No. No. 1210Published

Before: Heydenfeldt, Terry

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Holding. The court affirmed the judgment because, despite errors occurring during the trial, the jury's verdict achieved substantial justice between the parties based on the legitimately proven facts.

Issues

Whether trial errors necessitate the reversal of the judgment.

Disposition. Affirmed

Quotations verified verbatim against the opinion

“upon the whole of the facts which were legitimately proved the verdict attained by the jury has as nearly accomplished strict justice between the parties as is ever attained in a warmly contested litigation.”

Synopsis

•APPEAL from Superior Court, San Francisco County.

HEYDENFELDT, J. — There are errors disclosed by the record which occurred upon the trial of this cause, but they are not such as render it necessary to reverse the judgment, for upon the whole of the facts which were legitimately proved the verdict attained by the jury has as nearly accomplished strict justice between the parties as is ever attained in a warmly contested litigation.

Judgment affirmed.

I concur: Terry, J.

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