Pryor v. Madigan
Citations
- 51 Cal. 178
Syllabus
<p>Pleadings in Ejectment.—If the complaint in ejectment is in the usual fornj and avers that the plaintiff is the owner in fee of the demanded premises and has been ousted by the defendant, and the answer admits that the defendant is in possession, and avers that he owns the fee, and then proceeds to deraign his title from a sale of the demanded premises macje by an administrator under an order of the Probate Court, the answer is not a denial of the plaintiff’s ownership unless the title passed by the administrator’s sale; and if the administrator’s sale was void, the plaintiff’s title is admitted by the answer.</p>
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- decided before state habeas relief was limited to instances of denial of constitutional rights
- decided before state habeas relief was limited to instances of denial of constitutional rights
- dispute over validity of two-year sentence imposed by trial court determined in habeas proceeding
- dispute over validity of two-year sentence imposed by trial court determined in habeas proceeding
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