Legal Opinion

Tucker v. Justices' Court

California Supreme Court

Decided April 7, 1898No. S. F. No. 636PublishedCited by 10 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Frank H. Dunne, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

BELCHER, C.

J. H. Lavenson commenced an action in the justices’ court of the city and county of San Francisco against Edwin W. Tucker et al. to recover a money judgment for twenty-five dollars, with interest and costs. The complaint properly stated the cause of action, and a summons was issued thereon, a copy of which, with a copy of the complaint, was duly served on the defendant Tucker. The summons was defective in that by some mistake or inadvertence the name of the plaintiff in the title of the cause was written “C. Hirsch” instead of “J. H. Lavenson,” but in all other respects it was in…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1913
  2. Am. Law Book Co. v. Superior Court of Santa ClaraCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Hood v. MelroseCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1914
  4. Hall v. Justice's CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1907
  5. Malloy v. KeelIdaho Supreme Court · 1926

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