Taylor

Appeal from a judgment holding defendant Doris Kistler Bell liable on five promissory notes executed by her in favor of Joseph L. Taylor, together with prejudgment interest and costs of suit, less $2,500 for the fair value of her services in managing certain real properties for Taylor. Taylor died after the notes were delivered to him and plaintiff is the executor of his estate.

Defendant, who tried the case in propria persona and who prosecutes this appeal in similar capacity, does not attack the judgment on its merits.

Her complaint on appeal is that the trial court, sitting without a jury, continued trial proceedings on July 18, 1969, without good cause, depriving her of the “right to proceed under appropriate provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (Manha v. Union Fertilizer Co., 151 Cal. 581, 584, 585 [ 91 P. 393 ]; Kalmus v. Kalmus, 103 Cal.App.2d 405 [ 230 P.2d 57 ]; Code of Civil Procedure, §§ 581 (3), 594 (1), 595.4, 596.)”

Defendant had changed counsel at least once prior to the date of trial, which was set for March 3, 1969. On that date, she again changed counsel, and over plaintiff’s objection the court continued the trial to March 24, 1969, with the…