Legal Opinion
Slaybaugh v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 31, 1977No. Civ. 40270PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, Acting P. J.
Petitioner seeks a writ directing respondent court to dismiss an action filed January 4, 1973, by real parties in interest, because they failed to serve summons on petitioner within three years, as required by subdivision (a) of section 581a of the Code of Civil Procedure. We conclude that the trial court erred in denying petitioner’s motion to dismiss. The peremptory writ must issue.
Real parties in interest, the plaintiffs below, and hereinafter referred to as such, state that the sole question presented is whether petitioner, by voluntarily submitting a declaration…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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