Eichhoff

Eichhoff v. Eichhoff

Good Law
107 Cal. 42·1895 Cal. LEXIS 709·40 P. 24
Supreme Court of CaliforniaApril 4, 1895No. 15957California1,184 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Temple, J.

This action was brought to set aside a judgment and decree rendered by the superior court of Marin county in 1882, annulling the marriage between Gustave Eichhoff and Melocene Eichhoff.

The complaint shows as a cause of action that in the suit for the annulment of the marriage this plaintiff, defendant in that action, was not served with summons. *46 had no notice of the suit, and never appeared therein, and that said judgment was procured by the fraudulent practices of said Gustave Eichhoff.

At the trial the plaintiff to sustain her allegations put in evidence the judgment-roll in the action for the .annulment of the marriage, the petition for the appointment of a guardian ad litem, and the order appointing the guardian ad litem, and rested. The defendant put in no evidence, and the court thereupon rendered judgment for defendant, and the plaintiff appeals from the judgment. The appeal was taken within sixty days after the rendition of judgment.

The judgment-roll put in evidence shows that a summons was issued, but there was no proof of service. There was no memorandum that the default of the defendant had been entered as required by the code.

There was no appearance for the…

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