A Treatise on New Trial and Appellate Practice: Presenting and Illustrating the Laws and Rules of Practice in Proceedings Subsequent to Decisions by Trial Courts, Including Final Disposition in Appellate Court, with Special Reference to the Code and Statutes of California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, Том 1

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JURISDICTION
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CHAPTER
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With reference to the time and place of holding courts
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With reference to the disqualification of judges
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With reference to the order of trial
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Order of arguments
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Irregularities in administering oaths and omitting oaths
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43 Irregularity in judge absenting himself during trial
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Irregularity in complying with request of jury for further
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IRREGULARITY IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT JURY
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CHAPTER 23
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CHAPTER
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RELIEF AGAINST JUDGMENTS AND DECREES BY SUIT IN EQUITY
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WAS PREVENTED FROM HAVING A FAIR TRIAL
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structions or irregularly advising jury 45 Irregularity in failing to send out all or part of instructions or other papers with jury 46 Misconduct of judg...
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97 Suppressing and concealing evidence
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Knowingly introducing false testimony
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Misleading party to his prejudice
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Fraud practiced in matter of presenting points and authorities
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Of duty of counsel to call matter to courts attention
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Counsel must except to improper conduct
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How far considered
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CHAPTER 5
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Statutory provisions
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66 Of the offenses within constitutional guaranty
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Statutory definitions of bias
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CHAPTER 6
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Amendment usually permitted upon sustaining demurrer Proper practice 107 Large discretion conceded to trial court but not unlimited 108 SameCa...
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CHAPTER 8
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TRANSCRIPT
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CHAPTER 9
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Oral communications from outside sourcesFrom parties and counsel 165 Oral communications from outside sourcesFrom others than partiesWhen h...
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Distinctions and definitions
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174 Disclosing secrets of juryroom
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CHAPTER 10
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CHAPTER 11
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SameDuty of party to examine and crossexamine witnesses having the opportunity
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SameDuty to acquire knowledge of objects and transactions brought to attention of party 216 SameDuty to apply for continuance
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SameForgetfulness of party or counsel no excuse
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Same Specific facts claimed to constitute diligence must be shown
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Exceptions to and relaxation of rule requiring diligence 220 New evidence must be material to an issue involving the merits of the case
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Sufficient if material as to amount of recovery
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It must appear that new evidence is competent 225 Rule that newly discovered evidence does not warrant a new trial if merely cumulativeLittle or no...
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Must not be merely effective to impeach witnesses
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No objection to corroborative evidence as such 229 Affidavits of party and counsel
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Affidavits of witnesses
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CHAPTER 12
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CHAPTER 13
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General view of subjectStatutory provisionsSimilarity
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CHAPTER 45
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Record must show affirmatively ground for new trial
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436 Exceptions before refereeHow shown
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254 Verdicts against
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Proper place for specificationMust form part of statement or bill of exceptions
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Effect of inserting notice in statement or bill
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Authentication
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Duty of court to settleNot merely to sign
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Proposal of skeleton statement permissible
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CHAPTER 14
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Extensive powers of trial courts over engrossment and amend ment
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Engrossment
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Service
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Extension of timeBy stipulation
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Extension of timeBy order of court
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Relief on motion from failure to serve or obtain extension
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Proposal of amendments herein of waiver of service
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Bringing on settlementNotice of time and place of settle ment
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Proceedings before judge or referee at settlementAppearance and nonappearance of parties
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Proceedings before judge or referee at settlementWaiver of neglect
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Proceedings before judge or referee at settlementObjections excuses and explanationsHow made to appear
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Mandate to compel settlement
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Proving exceptions before supreme court
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Effect of statutory changes
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Incorporation of affidavits and exhibits in bills of exceptions
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Connected use of affidavits statements bills of exceptions and other files and records
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Jurisdiction of supreme court conferred and limited by
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CHAPTER 15
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294 Error resulting from production and nonproduction of docu mentary evidence 295 Error in case of joint parties in admission or rejection of evi...
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Jurisdiction in action of claim and deliveryHow value tested
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General viewStatutory provisions
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Rule that appeal lies only from final judgmentWhat con stitutes
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Policy of law in requiring final judgment for purposes of appeal
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482 As to what constitutes finality for purposes of appealInter locutory decrees distinguished
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483 Appeal lies though further order pertaining to enforcement
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necessary 484 How finality affected by order granting new trial as to some and denying it as to others
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485 Whether entry essential to finalityRendition and entry dis tinguished
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Right of party with respect to entry of judgment
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Essentials of judgment
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Judgments distinguished from orders
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Appeals lie from certain interlocutory decrees
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Appeal lies from void judgment
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Appeal lies from vague and informal judgment
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Appeal lies from default judgment
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Appeal lies from part of judgment
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Judgments entered pursuant to mandate of appellate court not appealable
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Rule that consent judgments not appealableException
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What constitutes an order for purposes of appeal
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497 Appeals from orders authorized by statute
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Appeal only allowable from original orderExceptions
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Orders on motion for relief from a proceeding
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Same subjectException as to certain orders to vacate judg
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Same subjectApplication of rule to opinion as to market value
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Same subjectWith reference to change of condition by lapse of time 285 Same subjectWith reference to questions impeaching partys own witness 2...
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Same subjectApplication herein of the doctrine of waiver
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Exception to ruleWhen general objection sufficient
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Effect of postponing objection and taking under advisement 290 Error in ruling on offer to make proofEvidence not actually offered
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Offer of evidence en masse proper practice
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Deposition not to be segregated and read in parts 293 Error cannot be predicated on form of questions
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MENT
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Statutory provisionsGeneral rule as to parties applicable
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Suggestion of test for determining who proper parties appel lant
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Joinder on appeal a subject of but little importance
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Further as to meaning of party aggrieved
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Same subjectParties holding fiduciary relation
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Further as to meaning of party aggrievedRule when judg ment shows no interest
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Right of party recovering judgment to appeal
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Transfer of interest as affecting right of appeal
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Appeals by persons not original parties to action
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Parties respondent CHAPTER 29
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CHAPTER 16
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The court must not give contradictory or inconsistent instruc tions 325 Construction of instructions 326 Exemptions and harmless invasions 327 The...
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Form and requisites of notice
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Signature to noticeHerein as to authority of attorney
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On whom notice to be served
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Meaning of adverse party as used in statutes
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Further as to adverse partyFailure to appearFictitious parties
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Purpose and meaning ofRelation to stay bond
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An undertaking must be filed unless waived
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Time for filingRelation to service and filing noticeExten sion of time
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Deposit in lieu of undertaking
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Undertaking required for each appealExceptions
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Form and essential parts
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As to what constitutes sufficient execution
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Undertaking by surety companies
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Dispensing with undertaking by stipulationWaiverEstop
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Statutes dispensing with undertaking
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Relief in appellate court from defects and omissions
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The stay of execution a proceeding collateral to and independ ent of the appeal
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Undertaking on appeal and stay bond distinguishedCases in which undertaking effects a stay
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Stay of enforcement upon appeals from orders
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Time for filing stay bond not limitedRelief with respect to in appellate court
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Powers of lower court suspended after appeal taken
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Failure to give the bond leaves lower court without power to stay execution
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Effect of appeal upon injunctions
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Effect of appeal upon order on motion to set aside judgment
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Stay of waste in connection with possessory actionsFore closure suits
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Where various forms of relief given by same decree
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Effect of appeal upon lien of judgment
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566 Effect of appeal upon attachment lien
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Statutory changes
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Effect of changingConsequences of failure of sureties to un dertaking to justify
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569 Of the notice of justificationPower of court to shorten time
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Of the proceeding to justify
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With new sureties new undertaking necessary
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Waiver of justification
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No justification by surety company required
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Stay pending proceeding to justify
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Power of superior court with respect to undertakings in jus tices courts
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Statutory provisions and their effect
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The judgmentroll and other papers
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Notice of appeal as part of recordProof of service
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579 Statutory changes
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General and special verdicts distinguished
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Inconsistency between general and special verdict
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Verdicts in equity cases
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Correction of verdict by the court
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Verdict must be within the issues
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585 Uncertain informal and defective verdictsAmendment
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Waiver
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Comparison of trial by court alone and trial by court and jury
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Statutory provisions and changesSystems of express and of implied findings distinguished
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When findings implied under present system
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Presumption of waiver of findings
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591 Findings must respond to and dispose of the issues
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600 How facts to be stated
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Findings must not be contradictory
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When findings of probative facts disregarded
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Construction of findings
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Agreed statement in lieu of findings
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Findings by referee
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Findings must be filed in proper time
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Power of court over findings in case of mistake misappre hension
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Power of court to amend findings
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No findings required to support orders
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Variance by proof contradicting negative allegations
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Variance resulting from nonjoinder
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Important function of bills of exceptions as part of the record
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Methods of preparation and usesRelation to statement on appealStatutory changes
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Method of settling bills at the trial
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Further as to bills settled at the trial
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Further as to bills settled after the trialPreparation and uses
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Either the one or the other method must be pursued
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How plaintiffs evidence considered on motion
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Specifications
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Same rules apply whether trial by court or jury
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Of the judgment to which defendant entitled
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How error in ruling cured or waived
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Statutory changes
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Exception to ruling on motion
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DIVISION 2
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Use of bills of exceptions for purposes of identification
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The statutory designation of essential record on appeal
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When additional bill of exceptions necessary
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Statement and bill of exceptions compared
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Identification of affidavits where motion for new trial made
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General office of transcript
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Printing transcripts
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635 Arranging and indexing the transcript
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AuthenticationBy stipulation
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AuthenticationBy the clerk
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What the transcript must contain
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639 Shortening the transcript by abbreviation omission abridg ment and order of supreme court
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640 Each appeal to be heard on its own transcript
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Transcripts cannot be pieced out by reference to transcripts on file in other appeals
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Filing and serving transcripts
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Objections to transcript
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Changing conclusions of
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Surplusage in the transcript CHAPTER 39
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Grounds for mostly jurisdictionalGeneral view of the sub ject
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Want of jurisdiction of subject of appeal
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Want of jurisdiction of parties
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649 Failure to file or serve transcript
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650 Defectiveness of transcript as ground for dismissal
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Dismissal for failure to serve transcript
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Loss of interest by appellant as groundWaiver of right to appeal
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Dismissal of appeal prematurely taken
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Failure of appellant to file points and authorities
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Filing the notice 540 When notice may be served 541 How notice served
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656 Who may move for dismissal
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Motion to dismissHow made
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Requisites of notice of intentionGenerally
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Relief from default on ground of mistake inadvertence etc in response to motion to dismiss
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Same Statement of movants intention
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Same subjectConstruction of stipulations
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Same Must designate grounds relied upon
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Hearing and disposal of motionAppearance need not be lim ited
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Hearing and disposal of motionWhen and to what extent record consulted
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SameMust designate papers to be used on motion
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Hearing and disposal of motionWhat considered outside transcript Form of presenting same
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Hearing and disposal of motionUse of affidavits
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SameMust be properly signed
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SameShould contain address 372 Service and filing of noticeHerein of improper joinder
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670 Limitation of discussion and illustration
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Review limited by the record
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Limiting review by stipulation or waiver
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Court may consider matters not alluded to in argument
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Objection to sufficiency of noticeHow and where to be made
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Restriction of motion to particular issues
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Limitation by consent
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Limitation by estoppel equivalent to consent
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Waiver of notice of intention or of the motionWaiver of defects
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Amendment of notice
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Modification of general rule in certain states
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When no substantial conflict sufficiency or insufficiency of evidence is a proper question for review
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No review of facts where decision is an inference from cir cumstances
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Limitation by concession to discretion of trial court
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CHAPTER 19
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Conditional ordersPower of court to make 405 Conditional ordersEffect of performance and nonperformance of conditions 406 Rules of evidence ...
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Further as to presumptions on appeal and their rebuttal
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Presumptions in cases of statements and bills of exceptions
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Limitation by rule that matter complained of must affect a party entitled to take an appeal and actually appealing
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Limitation by rule that judgment or order not disturbed by immaterial or nonprejudicial matter
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Scope of investigation in cases of judgment by default
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Limitation by law of the case
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Limitation resulting from doctrine of stare decisis
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No limitation by reasoning of lower court
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Scope of inquiry and decision cannot be enlarged by statute
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Abortive legislative attempts to control herein
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Oral argument
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Points and authorities cannot be dispensed with
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Duty of respondent to answer points
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699 Appellant should make all his points in his opening brief
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Points should not be reserved for petition for rehearing
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Improper matter in briefsHow dealt with
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Moot questions not decided
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Form of rendering decisions
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Succession of interest after appeal taken
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Death of party before appeal takenBefore service of notice of motion for new trial
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Succession in office
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Effect of bankruptcy proceedings pending appeal
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708 Stipulations in supreme court
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Suspending rules of court by stipulation
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Motions to strike
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Generally as to power over judgments and orders appealed from
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Power exercised in great variety of forms
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Modification in various forms
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Where judgment final in favor of appellant ordered
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Same subjectEvidence not made the basis of order for judg ment
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and heard on the minutes
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Effect of reversal of judgment upon other proceedings in same
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case 718 Conflicting orders in same caseConstruction of same
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Effect of direction of appellate court upon power of lower court
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Restitution on reversal
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Frivolous appealsDamages
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Damages upon dismissal of appeal
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Costs on appeal
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Belongs to inherent powers of courtConstitutional and stat utory provisions
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Rehearing and hearing in bank distinguished
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Proceedings for and upon rehearing and hearing in bank
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Rehearings after decision in original proceeding
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Motions to amend and to correct mistakes in the record
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Disqualification of justices
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Reargument on account of equal division of court
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Court cannot substitute its opinion for verdict of jury
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Effect of adjournment of term upon power of court to decide motion
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Provisions governing civil cases generally applicable
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Constitutional and statutory provisions
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Appeals may be taken by either side
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Of the record on appeal
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Provisions limiting time for presenting bill of exceptions held to be merely directory
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Presumptions arising upon the record
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741 Presumption of injury from error
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Disposal of the appeal
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Effect of reversal on appeal by defendant
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Scope and limits of jurisdiction
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How takenEffect of appeal
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Statement where appeal on question of law alone
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Record on appealWhat constitutesHow transmitted
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Security to respondentEffect of failure to provide
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749 Disposal of appeal in superior court
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Supervisory power of supreme court
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751 Proceedings subsequent to final order in superior court
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Knowledge of court how made available on motion
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Disqualification of jurors as witnesses at hearing
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The jurisdiction purely equitable and the suit an indirect at tack upon the judgment
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Party seeking the relief must show diligenceHerein of laches
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When a meritorious cause of action or defense must be shown
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Must appear that party seeking relief would be benefited by a reexamination
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Must offer to do equity
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Rule that no relief granted upon grounds available in original suit
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Remedy by motion or otherwise in court where action tried as
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Concurrent remedies by motion and suit in equity further con sidered
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410 Of the production of evidence at hearing
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Fraud as ground for relief
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Further as to meaning of extrinsic fraud
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411 Of hearing before judge other than that trying the case
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Mistake as ground for relief
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Several new trials in same case
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CHAPTER 20
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Relief against void judgments 770 Further as to relief where no jurisdiction of the person
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Relief granted for matters occurring after judgment
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Bills of review
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Parties to the action
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Allegations must be specific
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CHAPTER 21
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or order appealed from
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Страница 102 - The right of trial by jury shall be secured to all, and remain inviolate ; but in civil actions three-fourths of the jury may render a verdict.
Страница 599 - No variance between the allegations, in a pleading, and the proof, is to be deemed material, unless it has actually misled the adverse party, to his prejudice, in maintaining his action or defense upon the merits.
Страница 599 - Where the variance is not material, as provided in the last section, the Court may direct the fact to be found according to the evidence, or may order an immediate amendment, without costs.
Страница 178 - By another section (196) it is provided that " the court may, before or after judgment, in furtherance of justice and on such terms as may be proper, amend any pleading, process, or proceeding, by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting a mistake in the name of a party or a mistake in any other respect...
Страница 63 - ... an issue of fact must be tried by a jury, unless a jury trial is waived, or a reference is ordered, as provided in this code.
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Страница 448 - ... no person shall be disqualified as a juror by reason of having formed or expressed an opinion upon the matter or cause to be submitted to such jury, founded upon public rumor, statements in public journals...
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Страница 771 - ... ruling is made a part of the record by a bill of exceptions, or by a statement on appeal.
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