Wood v. Wood

1. Where, under the provisions of Civil Code, §5484, an application for a new trial is' duly made and a rule nisi issued thereon, and no time is fixed for the service thereof, and service on the respondent is perfected in ample time to enable his counsel to prepare for the hearing of the motion on the day fixed by the rule nisi, the motion is not subject to dismissal because such service was not made within thirty days from the date of the rendition of the verdict, notwithstanding the term of the court at which the verdict was rendered' continued longer than thirty days. Gould v. Johnston,…