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· 7/1/1881

De Witt v. Wright

Citations

  • 57 Cal. 576

Syllabus

<p>Libel—Slander—Complaint—Pleading.—Section 460 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not do away with the necessity of alleging in a complaint upon a libel or slander that the person or persons who read the writing or heard the words knew that the plaintiff was meant.</p>

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[w]here a party takes possession under an oral contract to rent, and also alleged an oral option to purchase, the possession is under the tenancy and cannot also be shown to be in reliance on the option”
  • “Grist makes no contention that there has been a full payment.”

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Judges: Ross

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