Legal Opinion
Ordway v. Arata
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 11, 1957No. Civ. 8973PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchottky, J.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing an action for want of prosecution.
On November 21, 1952, Kent F. Ordway and Edith Ordway filed an action against defendant Mike Arata, Jr., to recover the sum of $7,000 loaned to said defendant and evidenced by an instrument in writing. Summons was issued on the same day but the complaint and summons were not served upon defendant until June 27, 1955, two years, seven months and six days after the commencement of the action. On July 27, 1955, defendant filed a motion to dismiss the action for want of prosecution, and the court made an order dismissing…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by30 opinions
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