Cowell

Cowell v. Linforth

Good Law
10 Cal. App. 3·1909 Cal. App. LEXIS 293·100 P. 1071
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 4, 1909Civ. No. 555.California366 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Cooper, J.

This is an appeal by the Monarch Investment Company, one of the defendants, from the judgment on the judgment-roll alone. The action is one in unlawful detainer against a tenant for holding over without the landlord’s permission after default in the payment of rent and three days’ notice in writing requiring its payment.

The sole point made by appellant is that the special demurrer to the plaintiff’s complaint should have been sustained, for the alleged reason that the complaint does not show the manner in which the service of the notice was made, nor that it was made by the plaintiff or by anyone authorized by her to make such service.

The allegation in the complaint is, “that on the fifteenth day of January, 1908, a notice in writing requiring the payment of the rent due under said lease, stating the amount then due thereunder, to wit, $2,700.00, or possession of the property hereinbefore described, was served upon the defendants A. W. Linforth, Monarch Investment Company, a corporation. ...” It is further alleged that a copy of the notice so served is annexed to the complaint, marked “Exhibit A,” and made a part thereof. The notice, which is admitted to be in proper form,…

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