Thompson v. City of Los Angeles

Citations

• 125 Cal. 270
• 57 P. 1015
• 1899 Cal. LEXIS 845

Syllabus

<p>New Trial—Statement—Absence of Specifications.—A statement on motion for a new trial which contains no specifications of the insufficiency of the evidence to justify the findings or of errors of law occurring at the trial and excepted to by the defendants, must be disregarded on the hearing of the motion.</p> <p>Ir>.—Order Denting New Trial—Review Upon Appeal—“Decision Against Law.”—A specification in the notice of the motion for new trial, that “the decision is against law,” for any reason appearing upon the face of the judgment-roll, such as a failure to find upon a material issue, or that wrong conclusions of law have been drawn from the findings, .can only be considered in this court upon an appeal from the judgment, and will be disregarded where the only appeal is from an order denying a new, trial.</p>