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DEPOSITION OF
G. Frank Smith.
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1 q By Mr. Cohen.

Please state your name,
age, place of residence and occupation.

a G. Frank Smith, attorney at law; fifty
five years of age; place of residence San
Francisco.

2 q How long have you resided in San Francisco?

a Since 1852.

3 q How long have you been a practicing lawyer
in San Francisco?

a Since 1854.

4 q Do you know anything about an action
brought in one of the District Courts
of San Francisco, entitled "Samuel
Brannan vs. the Central Pacific Railroad
Company of California, and others?

a I know it only from hearsay.

5 q Were you connected with that case in any
way?

a I was not.

6 q Were you instrumental, or did you take
any part in, the settlements of that case?

a No; it was settled before I had anything
to do with it.

7 q Do you know of your own knowledge what
were the terms if settlement?

a I do not: Mr. Felton and Mr. Cobb
were the attorneys for plaintiff in that case,
and it was settled before the suit of Brannan
against Brannan was started which
brought me any knowledge, whatever, of the

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