Lewis v. Charles DeKay Townsend

This is an application by the defendants for an order vacating and setting aside a judgment in an action for ejectment and granting a new trial of the action. Judgment was entered herein after a trial of the issues on December 24, 1909. By section 1524 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as it then existed, this judgment was final and conclusive as to the title established in the action upon the parties and their privies, “ except in a case where it is otherwise expressly prescribed in this act.” Referring to section 1525, which provided that, at any time within three years after such a judgment…