Pickard v. Kelley

52 Cal. 89
CourtCalifornia Supreme Court
DecidedJuly 1, 1877
DocketNo. 5453
StatusPublished
Cited by1 cases

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Pickard v. Kelley, 52 Cal. 89 (Cal. 1877).

Opinion

To maintain an action of forcible entry there must be an actual and peaceable possession in the plaintiff. ( Vall v. Butler, 49 Cal. 75 ; sec. 1172, Code Civil Procedure.)

The certificate of pre-emption would not even give a right of possession, and certainly would not prove the fact of possession.

A deed is not admissible in evidence to show possession, or to show a right of possession. (Sanchez v. Louregro, 46 Cal. 641.),

[90]*90J. W- Hendrick, for the Eespondent.

By the Court :

The “ certificate of pre-emption ” did not tend to show actual possession in the plaintiff, and the Court below erred in admitting it in evidence.

Judgment and order reversed, and calase remanded for a new trial.

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