Legal Opinion

Columbia Pictures Corp. v. DeToth

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 20, 1948No. Civ. 16219PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VALLÉE, J.

Appeal by defendant from a judgment for plaintiff in an action for declaratory relief. The case was before the Supreme Court on an appeal from a judgment dismissing the action after an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint without leave to amend. The judgment was reversed. (Columbia Pictures Corp. v. DeToth, 26 Cal.2d 753 [161 P.2d 217, 162 A.L.R. 747].)

Upon return of the cause to the superior court, the complaint was amended. So far as pertinent here, the case went to trial on the amended complaint and defendant’s answer thereto. By its amended complaint…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Estate of Bristol v. YoungCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Columbia Pictures Corp. v. DeTothCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Bogart v. George K. Porter Co.California Supreme Court · 1924
  4. Watson v. SutroCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Gibson v. De La Salle InstituteCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944

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3Cited by37 opinions

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  3. C. L. Smith Co. v. Roger Ducharme, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1977
  4. O'Riordan v. Federal Kemper Life Assurance Co.California Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Rennick v. O.P.T.I.O.N. Care, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996

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