Leonard v. Hastings
Citations
- 9 Cal. 236
Syllabus
<p>L. advanced to H. $476, and received from H., for collection, an order for the amount upon a party indebted to him. The order not being collected, L. returned it to H. and took H.'s note for the amount advanced. In a suit on the note H. set up as a defence, laches on the part of L., in not presenting the order, by means of which the debt was lost: Held} that if there were any laches, they were waived by the execution of the note.</p>
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- rejecting expert affidavit challenging State’s testimony about substance found on pipes near defendant’s workplace as basis for new trial, as it was “impeaching”
- “the age of the [victim was] sufficiently proved when she testified positively as to the same”
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Judges: Burnett, Field, Terry
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