Latham

Latham v. City of Los Angeles

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1890 Cal. LEXIS 728·83 Cal. 564·23 P. 1116
Supreme Court of CaliforniaApril 17, 1890No. 13612California334 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Beatty, J.

This is a suit to quiet title. The decree is that plaintiff and defendant Bigelow own certain separate interests in the property in controversy, and it quiets their title to their respective interests, as between themselves and as against the city of Los Angeles.

The city of Los Angeles moved for a new trial, but served notice of the motion upon the plaintiff only, and that motion being overruled, has appealed from the decree “in favor of the plaintiff and against said defendant" (the city), serving its notice of appeal on the plaintiff only, and omitting to serve its co-defendant, Bigelow.

The respondent now moves to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that the notice of appeal, not having been served on Bigelow, was not served on all the adverse parties. (Code Civ. Proc., secs. 938, 940, and Deering’s notes.)

We cannot, without going into the merits of the case, see that Bigelow is necessarily an adverse party to the city of Los Angeles on this appeal, or that his interests will be at all affected by a reversal or modification of so much of the decree as is in favor of the plaintiff and against the city. Of course, on this appeal there can be no reversal or modification of that…

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