Oullahan v. Morrissey
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County. The action was brought to recover damages for an alleged libel. The complaint was filed without the plaintiff giving any undertaking for costs, as required by the act of March 23, 1872. The defendant moved to dismiss the case on that ground, and pending the motion the plaintiff dismissed it himself.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County. The action was brought to recover damages for an alleged libel. The complaint was filed without the plaintiff giving any undertaking for costs, as required by the act of March 23, 1872. The defendant moved to dismiss the case on that ground, and pending the motion the plaintiff dismissed it himself. The defendant thereupon filed a cost bill containing an item of one hundred dollars as attorneys’ fees, as provided by section 7 of the act of March 23, 1872. The plaintiff then moved to retax the costs. The motion was denied, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court.
— The plaintiff, having consented to the entry of the judgment against himself, cannot appeal from it, or if he can, can be heard only as to that portion to which he did not consent. That in this case is at the most the demand for costs, which, being less than three hundred dollars, does not give this court jurisdiction.
The appeal must be dismissed.
So ordered.'
McKinstry, J., expressed no opinion.
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