Haines v. Lamb

This is an appeal from an order denying defendant’s motion for a change of place of trial from Los Angeles to Santa Clara County. This appeal was taken prior to the 1961 amendment to Code of Civil Procedure, section 963, under which such orders are no longer appealable.

The verified complaint is in four counts. The first alleges in substance as follows: After the death of plaintiff’s wife in 1942, plaintiff’s mother-in-law, Perla Davidson, adopted plaintiff’s daughter, the defendant Sally Ann Haines Lamb. In 1943 plaintiff transferred certain property to Perla Davidson in trust for the support…