Legal Opinion
Credit Bureau of Santa Monica Bay District, Inc. v. Terranova
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 5, 1971No. Civ. 37696PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FEINERMAN, J. *
This appeal presents the question of the form of judgment to be rendered under Civil Code section 5121 (formerly Civ. Code, § 171) in an action to recover from a widow for a debt of her deceased husband incurred for necessaries furnished to the husband while the couple were living together as husband and wife.
On November 26, 1968, plaintiff collection agency, as assignee of Stanley Swangren, a licensed dentist, filed an action in the Municipal Court of the Santa Monica Judicial District, seeking to recover from defendant the sum of $525 for dental services rendered to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Medical Finance Ass'n v. AllumAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1937
- Wisnom v. McCarthyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1920
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