Wright v. Carpenter

Citations

• 49 Cal. 607

Syllabus

<p>Inspection op Land by a Juey dubing a Teial.—If, on. the trial of an issue in ejectment, as whether the demanded premises were swamp or dry land on the 28th of September, 1850, the jurors are sent by the Court to view the premises in controversy, they cannot take into consideration the result-of the examination in determining the character of the land, as swamp or dry, but must render their verdict on the testimony of witnesses given on the stand, and use the inspection of the land only as a means of enabling them to understand and apply the evidence.</p>