Case Name: ROBERTS v. BALL et al.
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1894-12-31
Citations: 4 Cal. Unrep. 933
Docket Number: No. 15,622
Parties: ROBERTS v. BALL et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Unreported Cases
Volume: 4
Pages: 933–934

Head Matter:
ROBERTS v. BALL et al.
No. 15,622;
December 31, 1894.
38 Pac. 949.
Trial.—Failure to Find on Certain Issues Raised by the pleadings, and making findings outside the issues, is harmless error, where the findings made on material issues warrant the judgment whatever the findings on the other issues.
APPEAL from Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco; A. A. Sanderson, Judge.
Action by W. G. Roberts against A. E. Ball, administrator, and another. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiff appealsi
Affirmed.
Maxwell, Dorsey & Soto for appellant; H. I. Kowalsky fór respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This appeal by the plaintiff is from the final judgment upon the naked judgment-roll, which contains no bill of exceptions; and the only error assigned is that the court did not find on all the issues of fact raised by the pleadings. After a careful examination of the voluminous pleadings and findings, we think the court substantially found upon every material issue, except upon that raised by defendants' plea of the statute of limitations. But, even if the court had expressly found in favor of the plaintiff upon this issue and all others upon which he contends there should have been findings, still the facts actually found would have been controlling, and amply sufficient to uphold the judgment. In other words, the facts expressly found support the judgment, and are entirely consistent with all averments in the complaint not negatived by an express finding, and also-consistent with a finding in favor of plaintiff upon any issue tendered by the answer upon which there is no express finding. If, as contended by counsel, some of the findings are outside of the issues, this is immaterial, since the judgment finds ample support by findings upon the material issues: Himmelman v. Henry, 84 Cal. 104, 23 Pac. 1098; Winslow v. Gohransen, 88 Cal. 450, 26 Pac. 504; Brison v. Brison, 90 Cal. 323. 27 Pac. 186; Dolliver v. Dolliver, 94 Cal. 642, 30 Pac. 4. Upon the authority of these cases, the judgment is affirmed..