White v. Conway
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order refusing a new trial. Action on a judgment. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.
The subject-matter of the action in hand is a judgment which, it is alleged, was rendered against the defendants and docketed on the 16th of June, 1874. The action was *384brought on the 26th of May, 1879, within five years from the date of the judgment; therefore the action was not barred by the statute of limitations. But it is contended that the judgment is not a final judgment upon which an action is maintainable, but is merely an order made after the final judgment, which was given in the case; and as that was rendered more than five years before the commencement of this action, the cause of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Clark v. DunnamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1873
- Seligman v. KalkmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860
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