Carter v. Butte Creek Gold Mining & Power Co.

California Supreme Court

Carter v. Butte Creek Gold Mining & Power Co.

63 P. 667, 131 Cal. 350, 1901 Cal. LEXIS 1131

CourtCalifornia Supreme Court

DecidedJanuary 11, 1901

DocketSac. No. 787.

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Carter v. Butte Creek Gold Mining & Power Co., 63 P. 667, 131 Cal. 350, 1901 Cal. LEXIS 1131 (Cal. 1901).

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GAROUTTE, J.

Respondents have moved to dismiss the appeals in this case. One of the grounds relied upon to secure a dismissal is based upon the claim that the undertaking *351 upon appeal is substantially defective. This undertaking recites that whereas the appellants have appealed to this court from the judgment entered in the action, and also from the order denying plaintiff’s motion to set aside the judgment, now, therefore, “in consideration of the premises and of such appeal,” the sureties undertake that appellants will pay all damages awarded against them on “the appeal.”

The ease of Estate of Heydenfeldt, 119 Cal. 346, is similar to the case at bar. There the appeal was taken from various orders, and the sureties undertook “that said appellant will pay all damages and costs which may be awarded against her on said appeal.” In this case the undertaking uses the language “the appeal.” In the Heydenfeldt case this court said: “It has been established by a long line of decisions of this court that an undertaking on appeal such as the one .given in this case is entirely invalid for any purpose. (People v. Center, 61 Cal. 191; Corcoran v. Desmond, 71 Cal. 100, and previous cases there cited; Home etc. Associates v. Wilkins, 71 Cal. 626; McCormick v. Belvin, 96 Cal. 182; Centerville etc. Co. v. Bachtold, 109 Cal. 111.)” It is said in the Centerville ease, supra: “If the undertaking has no special reference to either matter appealed from, but is conditioned generally upon 'such appeal’ (People v. Center, supra; Corcoran v. Desmond, supra), or 'said appeals’ (McCormick v. Belvin, supra), all the appeals will be dismissed upon the ground that by reason of its ambiguity it cannot be determined for which appeal it was given.”

For the foregoing reasons the appeals are dismissed.

Van Dyke, J., Harrison, J., McFarland, J., and Temple, J., concurred.

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GAROUTTE, J.

Respondents have moved to dismiss the appeals in this case. One of the grounds relied upon to secure a dismissal is based upon the claim that the undertaking *351 upon appeal is substantially defective. This undertaking recites that whereas the appellants have appealed to this court from the judgment entered in the action, and also from the order denying plaintiff’s motion to set aside the judgment, now, therefore, “in consideration of the premises and of such appeal,” the sureties undertake that appellants will pay all damages awarded against them on “the appeal.”

The ease of Estate of Heydenfeldt, 119 Cal. 346, is similar to the case at bar. There the appeal was taken from various orders, and the sureties undertook “that said appellant will pay all damages and costs which may be awarded against her on said appeal.” In this case the undertaking uses the language “the appeal.” In the Heydenfeldt case this court said: “It has been established by a long line of decisions of this court that an undertaking on appeal such as the one .given in this case is entirely invalid for any purpose. (People v. Center, 61 Cal. 191; Corcoran v. Desmond, 71 Cal. 100, and previous cases there cited; Home etc. Associates v. Wilkins, 71 Cal. 626; McCormick v. Belvin, 96 Cal. 182; Centerville etc. Co. v. Bachtold, 109 Cal. 111.)” It is said in the Centerville ease, supra: “If the undertaking has no special reference to either matter appealed from, but is conditioned generally upon 'such appeal’ (People v. Center, supra; Corcoran v. Desmond, supra), or 'said appeals’ (McCormick v. Belvin, supra), all the appeals will be dismissed upon the ground that by reason of its ambiguity it cannot be determined for which appeal it was given.”

For the foregoing reasons the appeals are dismissed.

Van Dyke, J., Harrison, J., McFarland, J., and Temple, J., concurred.

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63 P. 667, 131 Cal. 350, 1901 Cal. LEXIS 1131, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/carter-v-butte-creek-gold-mining-power-co-cal-1901.

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