Daily Telegram Co. v. Long Beach Press Publishing Co.

HENDERSON, J., pro tem.

This is an appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered after defendants’ demurrer to the second amended complaint was sustained without leave to amend upon the ground that it does not state a cause of action, and that said cause of action is barred by the statute of limitations. The complaint, which is for damages based upon the alleged fraud of the defendants in procuring the execution of a contract, was filed more than three years after the accrual of the purported cause of action.

In brief, the salient facts recited by the amended complaint are in effect as follows:…