Bredfield

Bredfield v. Hannon

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151 Cal. 497·1907 Cal. LEXIS 454·91 P. 334
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJuly 8, 1907L.A. No. 1890.California552 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Shaw, J.

On September 26, 1891, the plaintiff recovered judgment in the superior court against J. Hannon, Laura Han-non, and E. W. Reid, for five hundred and sixty dollars. Noth íng was paid on the judgment, and thereafter, on June 19, 1905, upon application of plaintiff, made without notice to the defendants or either of them, the court made an order that an execution issue upon the judgment against the defendants, and upon the same day an execution was issued in accordance with the order. Thereafter, upon notice duly given, the defendant Laura Hannon moved the court to set aside the order for the issuance of the execution. The motion came on for hearing upon affidavits and a counter affidavit, and was denied by the court. From this last order the defendant Laura Hannon appeals.

It is not claimed that the judgment has been paid. At the time it was'rendered, and for a long time afterward, the defendants had no property, and the issuance of an execution would have been fruitless and would have entailed useless expense. The plaintiff did not discover that the defendant Laura Hannon had acquired any property until a short time before the execution was issued.

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