Barnes v. Hilton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action to recover on a judgment rendered in the state of California. A judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant’s post-trial motions were denied and he has appealed to this court. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

The contentions of error are more easily understood by setting forth the history of the litigation as it is disclosed by the defendant’s abstract.

On May 26, 1949, the plaintiff commenced the present action seeking to recover on a judgment rendered on February 24,…