Baumberger v. Arff
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Alameda County denying a motion to set aside a judgment. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBe Haven, J.
— On the day set for the trial of this action, plaintiff moved for a continuance, upon the ground of the absence of his attorney, who was then engaged in the trial of a case in another court. The motion was denied, and thereupon the person who made the motion in behalf of the plaintiff, and who seems to have been the clerk of his attorney, left the room. Neither plaintiff nor his attorney thereafter appeared, although called by the court, and the defendant moved for judgment in his favor, upon the ground that plaintiff had abandoned his cause upon the trial, and before the final submission…
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