Ford

This is an appeal (according to the notice of appeal) by the defendant William A. Page, doing business as Eagle Rock Cabinet, from a default judgment entered against him in a quiet title action.

In an action filed in Los Angeles County on February 6, 1956, the plaintiff sought to quiet title to a parcel of real property which was particularly described in the complaint. The plaintiff had been a purchaser of such real property at a sale conducted by a trustee in a foreclosure proceeding of a deed of trust. In the complaint to quiet the title to the property, the defendant William A. Fage, doing business as Eagle Rock Cabinet, was named as one of the several defendants, and he was served with a copy of the summons and complaint on March 8,1956. The appellant thereafter apparently consulted with Jerrold Fadem of Fadem and Memel, attorneys at law, with reference to the matter. Mr. Fadem apparently then contacted the then attorneys for the plaintiff and had the time extended 15 days within which to answer or appear. After the first extension of time was granted the appellant asked for and received another extension of about 20 days. At the end of the second extension, still another…