Harding v. Collazo

LUI, Acting P. J

I dissent.

This appeal presents the question of whether the court had the authority to dismiss the action under former section 581, subdivision 3, of the Code of Civil Procedure.

If the verbal agreement had been incorporated into a written document filed with the court and entered into the minutes of the court’s records, then the trial court would have had jurisdiction to dismiss the action under former section 581, subdivision 3, and the decision in Wilson v. City of Los Angeles (1958) 156 Cal.App.2d 776 [320 P.2d 93]. In view of the lack of any court order effectuating the…