Dore

Dore v. Thornburgh

Good Law
1891 Cal. LEXIS 882·90 Cal. 64·27 P. 30
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJune 30, 1891No. 13477California703 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Fitzgerald, J.

— This action was commenced by plaintiff on the fourth day of October, 1888, to recover upon a judgment given against the defendant on the ninth day of May, 1885, in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, in England.

The complaint is demurred to on the grounds, — 1. That it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; 2. That the alleged cause of action is barred by the provisions of section 339 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The demurrer was sustained by the court below, and upon plaintiff failing to amend his complaint, judgment *66 final was rendered in favor of defendant. The appeal is taken upon the judgment roll alone.

The objection raised by the first ground of demurrer, that there is no averment in the complaint that the court ever made or gave the alleged judgment, is not well founded. The complaint alleges “ that thereafter, to wit, upon the ninth day of May, 1885, the said plaintiffs signed final judgment in the said action for the said sum of £3,920, in accordance with the terms of the said order, and which said judgment was then and there duly given, made, and entered.” This allegation we think sufficient as against a general…

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