George

George v. Stensland

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1920 Cal. App. LEXIS 512·47 Cal. App. 654·190 P. 1069
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 21, 1920Civ. No. 3378.California1,990 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Langdon, J.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Elizabeth G. Clarke, from a judgment entered on a verdict of a jury for $514, in the superior court of San Diego County, in an action for the recovery of the reasonable value of attorneys’ fees for professional, services rendered by the plaintiffs to the appellant.

This appeal was originally taken not only from the judgment, but also from an order denying a new trial, and from an order of nonsuit on a cross-complaint, and from an order made in proceedings supplementary to judgment and execution. It is stated, however, by the appellant in her opening brief, that she “waives and abandons any and all her rights to appeal from said order denying a new trial, and from said order in supplementary proceedings,” and prosecutes her appeal exclusive thereof.

[1] The principal point argued by the appellant, and the one she states to be the important feature of the case, is that the judgment was erroneously entered by reason of the fact that said judgment was entered against a married woman in a cause in which she was sued as the wife of another party defendant, named in the complaint as “John Doe,” and said husband of appellant was not served with…

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