Rauer's Law & Collection Co. v. Higgins

Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered against him for $651.25 and interest, and presents the appeal upon a clerk’s transcript and a settled statement of oral proceedings. The action was brought by plaintiff as assignee to recover attorney’s fees for services rendered to defendant by plaintiff’s assignor. The complaint was filed June 21, 1940, and the action was not brought to trial until September 24, 1945, at which time defendant moved to dismiss the action under the authority of section 583 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which provides that “Any action heretofore or hereafter…