Case Name: MICHAEL SARVER v. JOSE GARCIA et al.
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1874
Citations: 49 Cal. 218
Docket Number: No. 4,147
Parties: MICHAEL SARVER v. JOSE GARCIA et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 218–220

Head Matter:
[No. 4,147.]
MICHAEL SARVER v. JOSE GARCIA et al.
Waiver of Signature to Bill of Exceptions.—A party may, by stipulation, waive the signature of the Judge or referee to a bill of exceptions, and consent that a motion for a new trial be heard upon such bill.
Appeal from the District Court, First Judicial District, County of Santa Barbara.
Ejectment to recover a tract of land in Santa Barbara County. The case was referred to C. Fernald to try, and report a judgment. The referee reported findings and a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendants moved for a new trial on a bill of exceptions. The following stipulation signed by the attorneys was annexed to the bill: “We hereby agree that the foregoing bill of exceptions, with the exhibits and testimony thereto annexed, is full, true and correct, and we stipulate and agree that a motion for a new trial may be heard thereon. Notice of the hearing of the said motion is hereby waived.
“September 10, 1873.”
The Court below granted a new trial, and the plaintiff appealed from the order.
The other facts are stated in the opinion, and .in the concurring opinion.
Charles E. Huse, for the Appellant.
A. Packard, for the Respondent.

Opinion:
By the Court, McKinstry, J.:
The judgment was for plaintiff, and the Court below granted a new trial on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to justify the findings.
Appellant (plaintiff in the Court below), argues that the District Court erred for the reasons: First, that the bill of exceptions was not signed or certified by the referee or Judge; second, that the objections do not specify the particulars in which the evidence was insufficient.
1. The signature or certificate of the referee or Judge was waived by stipulation.
2. The exceptions do specify the particulars in which the evidence was claimed to be insufficient.
Order affirmed.