Legal Opinion
O'KEEFE v. Miller
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 29, 1965No. Civ. 21682PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAgee, J.
Plaintiff appeals from an order granting the motion of defendants Carlyle Miller and Dolores Miller, his wife, to dismiss this action under the following provision of section 581a of the Code of Civil Procedure-. “[A] 11 actions heretofore or hereafter commenced must be dismissed by the court in which the same shall have been commenced . . . unless the summons shall be served and return thereon made within three years after the commencement of said action, . . . ”†
Appellant contends that this provision is not controlling here because of the following additional provision in section 581a.-…
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