Opinion

Bates v. Babcock

  • 16 L.R.A. 745
  • 95 Cal. 479
  • 30 P. 605
  • 1892 Cal. LEXIS 854
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Aug 4, 1892
Status
Published
Author
Beatty
On the bench
Harrison, Beatty
Cited by
68 cases

see, 'also, Sherman v. S. K. D. Oil Co., 185 Cal. 534 [197 Pac. 799]

How later courts described this case

  • see, 'also, Sherman v. S. K. D. Oil Co., 185 Cal. 534 [197 Pac. 799]

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Beatty, C. J., dissenting.

I dissent. The complaint, in my opinion, shows no cause of action, and the evidence offered and stricken out by the court was of a parol contract, invalid under the statute of frauds.

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