Chapuis

Chapuis v. Pesante

Caution
1919 Cal. App. LEXIS 516·41 Cal. App. 688·183 P. 247
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 21, 1919Civ. No. 2787.California339 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Langdon, J.

This is an appeal from an order of the superior court for the county of Monterey denying plaintiff’s motion to amend her notice of appeal. Judgment was entered for the defendant on December 11, 1917. A notice of appeal was filed with the clerk on January 3, 1918. It appears that the plaintiff and appellant intended to perfect her appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 953a of the Code of Civil Procedure, but neglected to file, within the required time, the notice to the clerk requesting the transcript of the testimony, etc., as required by that section. Appellant contends that she should have been permitted to amend her notice of appeal só that it would embody this notice to the clerk requesting the transcript.

[1] We cannot see how the motion of the plaintiff could have been granted. The notice of appeal in the record conforms precisely to the requirements of section 941b of the Code of Civil Procedure, and required no amendment whatsoever. It could not he amended to include something entirely disconnected from it. It has been decided in the case of Lang v. Lilley and Thurston Co., 161 Cal. 295 , [ 119 Pac. 100 ], that the notice of appeal is not connected with…

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