Case Name: EVA DERBY v. S. H. ROUNDS et al.
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1879
Citations: 53 Cal. 659
Docket Number: No. 6076
Parties: EVA DERBY v. S. H. ROUNDS et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 53
Pages: 659–660

Head Matter:
[No. 6076.]
EVA DERBY v. S. H. ROUNDS et al.
Hearsay Evidence.—"Where a party has "been named in a complaint as a party defendant but not served, Ms testimony as to the admissions of other defendants who have been served is hearsay and inadmissible.—[Reporter.]
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, Alameda County.
Action to enforce a lien for lumber furnished for the construction of a house under a contract by defendant Bounds with one Shepard. Shepard was named as a defendant, but was not served, and at the trial plaintiff was allowed to prove that Shepard had admitted that the value of the lumber was two hundred and seventy-five dollars. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, and the defendants appealed.
Tuttle & Gilchrist, for Appellants.
Wiggin & Eells, for Respondents. '

Opinion:
By the Court :
The Court erred in receiving in evidence the admissions of Shepard as against the only defendants who had been served with summons or who had appeared in the action. The admissions were hearsay.
Judgment and order reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial. Remittitur forthwith.