Hite
Hite v. Mercantile Tr. Co. of S.F.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Shaw, J.
In the court below, upon sustaining the demurrer of certain of the defendants to the amended complaint, judgment was given in favor of said defendants against the plaintiff. The plaintiff appeals.
We think the judgment is not to be construed as a judgment in favor of all the defendants, but only in favor of those whose demurrer to the complaint had been sustained as therein recited. Hence the objection that the judgment was in favor of the other defendants and was consequently irregular is without foundation.
The complaint states facts upon which the plaintiff seeks a decree vacating a judgment against her in favor of one John R. Hite and declaring void certain agreements between her and said John R. Hite. The only points which it is necessary to notice may be presented by a brief outline of the facts stated in the voluminous complaint. Plaintiff alleges that she intermarried with John R. Hite in the year 1872, that said marriage remained in full force until the death of John R. Hite, which event occurred on April 18, 1906, that in 1898 plaintiff began an action in the superior court of Mariposa County against Hite for a divorce and a division of the community property, that…