Richter v. Fresno Canal & Irrigation Co.

Citations

• 101 Cal. 582
• 36 P. 96
• 1894 Cal. LEXIS 1080

Syllabus

<p>Appeal—Insufficiency of Evidence—Failure of Respondent to Argue Case—Presumption. —Where material findings in a case appealed to the supreme court are attacked by the appellant on the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence to support them, and the respondent has filed no brief and has not argued the case orally, the court will assume, without looking into the record, that the point urged by the appellant that the evidence is insufficient to justify the findings attacked is well taken.</p>