Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Equitable Life Assurance Society
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 24, 1987No. B023374PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JOHNSON, J.
This is a purported appeal “from the general demurrer to [the] cross-complaint of Equitable sustained without leave to amend. . .
We are wearying of “appeals” from clearly nonappealable orders. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 904.1; and cases collected in 9 Witkin, Cal. Procedure (3d ed. 1985) § 82, p. 105.) The case before us presents a particularly egregious example of this practice because the attorney for the “appellant” is a recidivist. In this same case, he attempted to appeal from an order granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of other cross-defendants sued by the…
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