Christian

Christian v. Christian

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183 Cal. App. 2d 720·1960 Cal. App. LEXIS 1817·7 Cal. Rptr. 154
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaAugust 15, 1960Civ. No. 24581California775 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Ashburn, J.

Defendant in propria persona appeals from interlocutory judgment of divorce granted to respondent wife. Before us is a clerk’s transcript which contains no findings or judgment. There is no reporter’s transcript.

Appellant raises such points as the following: Insufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment; error in receiving the testimony of a certain witness; fraud and conspiracy on the part of plaintiff’s attorney and defendant’s attorney; error in the court’s refusal to permit withdrawal of defendant’s attorney; misconduct of his attorney in telling defense witnesses not to appear in court on the following day after the could had instructed them to do so; refusal and failure of defendant’s attorney to cross-examine witnesses in a manner meeting with defendant’s approval; refusal to produce or cause certain evidence to be produced at the trial; error in the court’s failure to cite defendant’s witnesses for contempt and in failure to cite his attorney for contempt in the same connection; error in proceeding with the trial with knowledge that defendant had no witnesses and was handicapped with an attorney he did not desire; prejudicial error in refusal to allow defendant…

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