Legal Opinion
Lee v. Ski Run Apartments Associates
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 8, 1967No. Civ. 749PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtConley, P. J.
The defendants served with process appeal from that portion of a default judgment which awards $7,171 to the plaintiffs. While somewhat unusual, a defendant may appeal from such a judgment (Gudarov v. Hadjieff, 38 Cal.2d 412 [240 P.2d 621] ; Jameson v. Simonds Saw Co., 144 Cal. 3 [77 P. 662] ; J. M. Wildman, Inc. v. Stults, 176 Cal.App.2d 670 [1 Cal.Rptr. 651]; Nemeth v. Trumbull, 220 Cal.App.2d 788, 790 [34 Cal.Rptr. 127]) on jurisdictional grounds or because of basic defects in pleadings.
The theory of the appeal is that the prayer of the complaint fails to request a money judgment against…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Burtnett v. KingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
- Kinnison v. Guaranty Liquidating Corp.California Supreme Court · 1941
- Reed Orchard Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1912
- Lang v. LangCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. WelchCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ludka v. Memory Magnetics InternationalCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
- Thorson v. Western Development Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1967
- Lint v. ChisholmCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981
- Ely v. GrayCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1990
- Corona v. LundiganCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
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