Harland

Harland v. Mitchell

Good Law
120 Cal. App. 421·1932 Cal. App. LEXIS 39·7 P.2d 1113
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 2, 1932Docket No. 7056.California532 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Houser, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered against him for the sum of $15,000—that being the amount of a verdict returned by a jury in an action brought by plaintiff against defendant for the alleged alienation from plaintiff by defendant of the affections of the wife of the plaintiff.

It is urged by defendant that the evidence was insufficient to support the judgment. Since it is manifest that each of the litigants is thoroughly familiar with all of the details of the evidence as adduced on the hearing of the action, and since a review herein of such evidence would be of no benefit to any other person, it suffices to state that in the opinion of this court the objection by appellant as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment is untenable.

Appellant also contends that the action was barred by the provisions of both sections 339 and 340 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The undisputed evidence showed that the action was commenced within a period of less than one year following the final separation of the husband and the wife. It becomes clear that the provisions of neither of the statutes upon which defendant relies have application to the facts of the…

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