Wright v. Shafter

48 Cal. 275

• Court: California Supreme Court
• Decided: July 1, 1874
• Docket: No. 4,310
• Status: Published

Opinion

By the Court:

The plaintiffs claimed, and in the Court below obtained relief on the ground that a mistake occurred upon their part, in attempting to effect a redemption from the Sheriff’s sale on foreclosure of a mortgage. It is well settled that a complaint claiming relief on the ground of mistake must not only distinctly aver the fact of the mistake, but also set forth the circumstances under which it occurred in so far as those circumstances may be necessary to present a case within the rule of equity upon which relief is granted. Tested by this rule, the complaint here is radically defective,- and the demurrer should have been sustained.

Judgment and order denying new trial reversed, and cause remanded, with direction to sustain the demurrer to the complaint. Remittitur forthwith.