Crawford
Crawford v. Meadows
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Shaw, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered-in favor of plaintiff, and from orders denying defendant’s motions for relief from default in preparing her record for use on appeal.
It appears that this action in claim and delivery was originally brought against Mobley Meadows as sheriff of Imperial County. An answer was filed, and upon the issues so joined a trial was had, which resulted in a judgment for defendant, from which plaintiff appealed, as a result of which the judgment was reversed. Meanwhile Meadows had died and Rebecca J. Meadows was appointed administratrix of his estate. Thereupon in due time plaintiff, in accordance with the statute, duly presented to her as such administratrix a demand for the delivery to him of an automobile made the subject of the claim and action then pending. Thereupon she, as such administratrix, was substituted as defendant, and a supplemental complaint was filed, setting forth the facts upon which plaintiff based his claim to the property, together with other matters which, under the circumstances, were proper in a supplemental complaint. To this complaint defendant filed a general demurrer, which was overruled. Thereupon defendant answered the…