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· 4/5/1904

Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. Greene

Citations

  • 129 F. 969
  • 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4786

Syllabus

<p>1. Contract — Services Rendered on Request — Recovery on Quantum Meruit.</p> <p>A complaint alleging that plaintiff, at defendant’s request, furnished a steamer, men, and the necessary equipment, and pulled a schooner off the ways, where she had stuck, and which seeks to recover therefor on a quantum meruit, does not state a ease authorizing a recovery thereunder for “materials used up on the job”; there being no allegation that it was necessary to use them up, in a proper performance of the work, or that their being so used up was contemplated by the parties when the contract was made.</p>

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  • holding, pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 340(3), that the limitations period for filing a section 1983 action in California is one year
  • holding, pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 340(3), that the limitations period for filing a section 1983 action in California is one year
  • holding, pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 340(3), that the limitations period for filing a section 1983 action in California is one year
  • holding, pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 340(3), that the limitations period for filing a section 1983 action in California is one year
  • holding, pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 340(3), that the limitations period for filing a section 1983 action in California is one year
  • holding, pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 340(3), that the limitations period for filing a section 1983 action in California is one year

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Judges: Platt

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