Stafford
Stafford v. State
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Kingsley, J.
This is the latest chapter in a series of cases, commencing in 1942, and involving plaintiff’s alleged interest in certain real property and in an oil and gas lease thereon. (People ex rel. Dept. of Public Works v. Ashby (1958) 161 Cal.App.2d 33 [ 325 P.2d 1009 ] ; In re Stafford (1958) 160 Cal.App.2d 110 [ 324 P.2d 967 ]; Coburg Oil Co. v. Russell (1955) 136 Cal.App.2d 165 [ 288 P.2d 305 ] ; Coburg Oil Co. v. Russell (1954) 129 Cal.App.2d 214 [ 276 P.2d 637 ] ; Stafford v. Russell (1954) 128 Cal.App.2d 794 [ 276 P.2d 41 ] ; Stafford v. Russell (1953) 117 Cal.App.2d 319 [ 255 P.2d 872 ] ; Coburg Oil Co. v. Russell (1950) 100 Cal.App.2d 200 [ 223 P.2d 305 ] ; Sanders v. Howard Park Co. (1948) 86 Cal.App.2d 721 [ 195 P.2d 898 ] ; Stafford v. Russell (1955) 220 F.2d 853 .)
*57 It is the contention of plaintiff that a judgment against him, which was involved in one of those cases (Stafford v. Russell (1953) 117 Cal.App.2d 319 [ 255 P.2d 872 ]), was void and, therefore, that the affirmance on appeal was also void. He alleges, in the instant action, that defendants Fox and Herndon, as Justices of the District Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, negligently and improperly denied…