Legal Opinion
Coppinger v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 10, 1982No. Civ. 27814PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TROTTER, J.
Diana and Donald Coppinger seek review by writ of mandate of an order denying their motion to expunge a notice of lis pendens recorded by Diane McKay. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 409.4.) For convenience, the Coppingers are referred to as defendants rather than petitioners and real party in interest McKay is referred to as plaintiff.
Plaintiff has not made a return to the petition, but a writ petition “cannot be granted by default.” (Code Civ. Proc., § 1088.) In the absence of a return, all proper allegations of the petition are deemed admitted and only legal issues remain for…
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