California Supreme Court July 1, 1871, No. 1,807 (Clarke v. Fitch)

By the Court, Crockett, J.:

The action is for libel; and the jury returned a general verdict for the plaintiff for six thousand dollars. There was no motion for a new trial; and the appeal by the defendants is from the judgment.

So much of the 'evidence as is necessary to explain the exceptions taken to the rulings of the Court, in the progress of the trial, is brought up by a statement on appeal.