Reverend Mother Pauline v. Bray

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from an order after judgment denying their motion under section 473 of the Code of Civil Procedure to vacate the judgment. The judgment dismissed plaintiffs’ action following an order sustaining defendant’s demurrer without leave to amend.

Plaintiffs’ complaint alleged in substance as follows: That defendant is a Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division One; that in violation of law he arbitrarily dismissed plaintiffs’ appeal from a judgment in a probate proceeding; that the dismissal was ordered by him without legal right or claim of right and…