Rey

Rey v. Barclay

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1891 Cal. LEXIS 1198·92 Cal. 199·28 P. 226
Supreme Court of CaliforniaDecember 9, 1891No. 13616California861 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Belcher, J.

This action was commenced in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco *200 to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff by reason of the negligence of defendants, as attorneys at law, while retained and employed by the plaintiff; and the appeal is from an order granting the motion of defendants to change the place of trial to the county of Los Angeles.

On the fourth day of June, 1889, the defendants filed a general demurrer to the complaint, and a notice of motion to change the place of trial, with a demand in writing that the trial be had in the county of Los Angeles, upon the ground that all of the defendants then and at the time'of the commencement of the action resided in that county. They also, at the same time, filed an affidavit made by the defendant Barclay, in which it was stated “ that he has fully and fairly stated all the facts in the above-entitled case constituting the defense of the defendant in the above-entitled action to Alexander Campbell, Esq., an attorney at law duly admitted to practice in the supreme court of the state of California, and one of the attorneys for defendants in this action, and is by his said attorney…

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