Henderson v. Palmer Union Oil Co.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from an order of the trial court dismissing the action under the provisions of section 583' of the Code of Civil Procedure. The order was made upon the motion of the defendants based upon the fact that the cause had not been brought to trial within five years after the filing of answers to the complaint.

The following facts appear without dispute: The complaint joined several parties as defendants and on September 8, 1917, answers of the said defendants were filed., There had been no stipulation between the parties extending the time for the trial of the…