Heide
Wright & Hogan, Inc. v. Heide
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Curtis, J.
Motion to dismiss appeal on the ground that no notice of appeal has been filed. In support of said motion the respondent has cited the following decisions of the supreme and appellate courts of this state: Boling v. Alton, 162 Cal. 297 [122 Pac. 461]; Marcucci v. Vowinckel, 164 Cal. 693 [ 130 Pac. 430 ]; Michelson v. City of Sacramento, 173 Cal. 108 [ 159 Pac. 431 ]; Eddy v. Hunter, 46 Cal. App. 370 [ 189 Pac. 291 ], These cases, it will be observed, were all decided under section 941b of the Code of Civil Procedure, prior to its repeal in 1921. This section required that a notice of appeal given thereunder “shall state that the person giving the same does thereby appeal” from the judgment or order, and the cases cited by respondent hold that under said section a notice like that in the present action was not sufficient and gave the court no jurisdiction to entertain the appeal. The notice in the present appeal states that “The defendant hereby gives notice that he desires, intends to appeal, and has appealed to the district court of appeal from the findings, conclusions and judgment.” This notice was practically the same as that considered by the court in the case of Anderson v.…