Case Name: HUGHES v. PARSONS
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1885-03-19
Citations: 2 Cal. Unrep. 451
Docket Number: No. 8609
Parties: HUGHES v. PARSONS.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Unreported Cases
Volume: 2
Pages: 451–451

Head Matter:
HUGHES v. PARSONS.
No. 8609;
March 19, 1885.
6 Pac. 380.
Appeal—Conflicting Evidence.—Findings of a Jury on material facts will not be disturbed where the evidence is conflicting.
Appeal—Erroneous Admission of Evidence.—Judgment will not be Reversed on the ground of erroneous admission of evidence, where such error resulted in a finding of nominal damages only, against the party claiming injury therefrom.
APPEAL from the Superior Court of the County of Monterey.
This was an action in ejectment, both plaintiff and defendant relying on prior possession to sustain his title.
S. P. Geil for appellant; W. H. Webb, J. A. Wall and H. V. Morehouse for respondent.

Opinion:
ROSS, J.
By the verdict rendered in this ease the jury in effect found that the defendant entered upon the prior possession of the plaintiff of the disputed premises and dispossessed her. An examination of the evidence shows that it is substantially conflicting upon the question as to whether the land was in the actual possession of plaintiff or Conroy. The verdict in favor of the plaintiff must therefore be taken as conclusive of the question. The ruling of the court below in respect to the burning of the cabin and fencing resulted in no injury to the appellant, for the jury only awarded the plaintiff nominal damages. The ruling in regard to the question put to Conroy, if erroneous, was cured by his subsequent testimony to the effect that he had possession of the disputed premises from July, 1874,' to the 1st of June, 1879. The instruction is not open to objection on the party of the defendant.
Judgment and order affirmed.
We concur: McKee, J.; McKinstry, J.