Bryson v. Harryman

This is an appeal from an order dismissing the action upon the ground that the plaintiff had failed to prosecute the same with diligence, in that the service of the summons was unduly delayed.

The action was originally brought by Blakely Durant as plaintiff, the special administrator of his estate being substituted during the appeal. The complaint, filed on July 7, 1927, in a first cause of action seeks to quiet title to certain land in Riverside County, and in a second cause of action seeks to eject some of the defendants from said land. On December 7, 1928, at which time summons had not been…