[1] Dismissal or Action—Ineffective Attempt—Previous Signing or Findings and Judgment.—In an action on a promissory note brought by four plaintiffs, an attempted dismissal of the action by three of the plaintiffs so far as they were concerned after the findings and judgment had been signed but before they had been filed cannot be given effect under any of the provisions of the code which expressly authorize a dismissal.

'[2] Id—Dismissal Before Trial—Meaning or Term.—The term “before the trial” referred to in subdivision 1 of section 581 of the Code of Civil Procedure, authorizing the dismissal of an action by the plaintiff at any time before the trial, means before submission, and a/ ease is submitted after the court, trying the case without a jury, has taken it under advisement, at the close of the evidence and argument.

[3] Id.—Dismissal by Written 'Consent—Signature of Attorney Essential.—The written consent referred to in subdivision 2 of section 581 of the Code of Civil Procedure, providing that an action may be dismissed by either party upon the written consent of the other, is wholly ineffective unless it is signed by the attorney of record of the consenting party.

[4] Id.—Dismissal of Cases not Indicated in Code—Discretion.—It is within the discretion of the trial court to order a dismissal in certain eases not expressly indicated in the code.

[5] Id.—Action on Promissory Note—-Attempted Dismissal by Certain Plaintiffs—Judgment for All Plaintiffs—Discretion not Abused.—In an action on a promissory note brought by four plaintiffs, the court did not abuse its discretion, in giving judgment for the whole sum in favor of all the plaintiffs, notwithstanding the attempted dismissal of the action by three of them, so far as they were concerned, after the findings and judgment had been signed but not filed, in t'he absence of any showing in any proper legal manner that the note had been satisfied as' to their interests, assuming, without deciding, that the court might have ordered a dismissal as to them upon such a showing.

[6] Id.—Partial Satisfaction of Note—Informal Suggestion—Disregard by Court.—Upon the purely informal suggestion of partial satisfaction of the note, the trial court was not' bound on its own motion to direct some sort of an accounting between the plaintiff, who had not received satisfaction, and the defendant as the virtual assignee of the rights of the other plaintiffs, and to "enter judgment against defendant only for the amount due such plaintiff.