Legal Opinion

Chappell v. Thompson

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 10, 1913No. Civ. No. 1230PublishedCited by 10 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. F. E. Densmore, Judge presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.

Plaintiff sued upon a judgment rendered in his favor on June 30, 1905, by the district court of Black Hawk County, state of Iowa. As a defense to recovery thereon, defendant pleaded subdivision 1 of section 336 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The court gave judgment for plaintiff, from which defendant appeals upon the judgment-roll.

The statute pleaded prescribes a period of five years within which an action upon a judgment of a sister state may be brought. The complaint herein was filed October 19, 1911, being 6 years, 3 months and 19 days after the rendition of the judgment sued upon.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McKee v. DoddCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Dougall v. SchulenbergCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Nicholas v. John V. Farwell & Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Kennard ex rel. McGehee v. AlstonMississippi Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Dew v. AppleberryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Schluter v. SellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1946
  3. Cvecich v. GiardinoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940
  4. Sullivan v. ShannonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
  5. Bertha Building Corp. v. National Theatres Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1956

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