Finch

Finch v. Ekstrom

Good Law
115 Cal. App. 381·1931 Cal. App. LEXIS 607·1 P.2d 516
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 8, 1931Docket No. 6664.California339 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Bishop, J.

This appeal is from a judgment of nonsuit entered in an action to recover an attorney’s fee for services rendered with relation to an industrial accident award, the amount sought being in addition to that found reasonable by the commission. From the reporter’s transcript we note that at the conclusion of plaintiff’s case on August 31, 1928, defendant moved for a nonsuit, to which the trial judge responded, after the motion had been argued: “It is the order of the Court that the motion be granted.” In the clerk’s transcript we find this order, entered in the minutes of August 3'lst, in these words: “Defendant's motion for a non-suit is by the Court granted.” Thereafter, September 27th, extensive findings of fact and conclusions of law were filed and at the same time a judgment dismissing the action was made, which was entered the following day. Not quite a month later, October 23d, another set of findings was filed, but no judgment appears to have followed.

The appeal before us was taken December 21st from “the judgment made and entered ... on or about September 27, 1928”.

This appeal must be dismissed. It is provided in section 581 of the Code of Civil Procedure that the entry…

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