Case Name: BLANTON DUNCAN, Appellant, v. TIMES-MIRROR COMPANY, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1898-03-25
Citations: 120 Cal. 402
Docket Number: L. A. No. 412
Parties: BLANTON DUNCAN, Appellant, v. TIMES-MIRROR COMPANY, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 402–403

Head Matter:
[L. A. No. 412.
In Bank.
March 25, 1898.]
BLANTON DUNCAN, Appellant, v. TIMES-MIRROR COMPANY, Respondent.
New Tbial—Notice of Intention—Appeal—Dismissal.—A notice of intention to move for a new trial, stating that it would be based upon the records of the court and the minutes, and either a statement of the ease or bill of exceptions, is a substantial compliance with the statute, and where the motion under such notice was actually based upon a bill of exceptions, a motion to dismiss an appeal from the order denying the motion for a new trial on the ground that the notice of intention to move for a new trial was fatally defective, must be denied.
MOTION to dismiss an appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County denying a new trial. Luden Shaw, Judge.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
Blanton Duncan, in pro. per., and D. Allen, for Appellant.
Henry T. Gage, and White & Monroe, for Respondent.

Opinion:
THE COURT.
A motion is made to dismiss the appeal from an order denying a motion for a new trial, upon the ground that the notice of intention to move for a new trial was fatally defective. The notice recited that the motion would be made upon a statement or bill of exceptions, and upon the records of the court and upon the minutes of the court. In Hart v. Kimball, 72 Cal. 283, it was held that a motion for a new trial can be made upon a statement of the case, notwithstanding that the notice designated that the motion would be made upon a statement and upon the minutes of the court and a bill of exceptions. In the present case, the motion was actually based upon a bill of exceptions. The notice of intention stated that it would be based upon the records of the court and the minutes, and either a statement or bill of exceptions. We think the notice is a substantial compliance with the statute.
Motion denied.