# Bates v. Babcock

> California Supreme Court · August 4, 1892 · 16 L.R.A. 745

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3303693

## Case

- **Full name:** FRANK E. BATES, Appellant, v. E. S. BABCOCK Et Al., Respondents
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** August 4, 1892
- **Citations:** 16 L.R.A. 745; 95 Cal. 479; 30 P. 605; 1892 Cal. LEXIS 854
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Beatty
- **Judges:** Harrison, Beatty
- **Cited by:** 68 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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