Legal Opinion
Berger v. McMahan
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 27, 1953No. Civ. 15259PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, J. pro tem.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing an action under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, section 583, for failure to bring it to trial within five years after the filing of the complaint. The relevant dates are as follows:
December 6, 1945—Original complaint filed and summons issued.
April 2, 1946—Answer to complaint filed.
July 20, 1947—Original defendant died.
August 4, 1947—Defendant administrator was granted letters of administration.
March 6, 1951—Memorandum of motion to set cause for trial filed.
March 7, 1951—Notice of motion to dismiss action for…
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