J. C. Penney Co. v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
James K. Kubota and Mikio Uchiyama for Real Parties in Interest.
1Opinion of the CourtTraynor, J.
Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent respondent superior court from proceeding in an action on the ground that it must be dismissed under section 583 of the Code of Civil Procedure for plaintiffs’ failure to bring it to trial within five years.
Plaintiffs filed the action on December 31, 1953, but did not serve the first amended complaint and summons on petitioner until December 31, 1956. Petitioner filed its answer on January 21, 1957. On December 5, 1957, nearly four years after the action was begun, plaintiffs filed a memorandum to set the ease for trial. Respondent court set…
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