Castro v. Gill

Citations

• 5 Cal. 40

Syllabus

<p>The affidavit of jurors will not be allowed to contradict their verdict.</p> <p>Where a declaration describes land by a certain name, this is as good a description as one by metes and bounds, if it can be rendered sufficiently certain by evidence.</p> <p>The fact that a Spanish name can be translated into English so as to mean nothing, does not alter or affect its potency as a name descriptive of a place.</p> <p>An objection that notice to quit is necessary, should be made at the trial at nisi prius.</p> <p>A party’s possession is not always confined to his actual enclosure.</p> <p>The fact of prior possession being evidence of title, is not for a jury to determine ; it is so declared by law.</p> <p>Mor is it the province of a jury to determine whether a grant could fairly be presumed from a possession of a certain character.</p>