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Downs v. Downs

Supreme Court of California
Jun 24, 1930
209 Cal. 634 (Cal. 1930)

Opinion

Docket No. L.A. 11925.

June 24, 1930.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. William Hazlett, Judge. Affirmed.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

Catherine A. McKenna and J. Irving McKenna for Appellant.

Frank R. Carrell for Respondent.


[1] Plaintiff appeals from a judgment against her in an action for divorce. Respondent has moved to dismiss the appeal, and for an affirmance of the judgment. The motion to dismiss the appeal was denied when the motion came on for hearing.

The notice to the clerk of the trial court requesting that a transcript on appeal be prepared and made up, as provided by the alternative method, was not filed in time, and appellant's subsequent application to the court below for relief from the default was denied. Notice of appeal from the order denying the relief appears to have been given, but no steps have been taken to perfect such appeal.

Assuming that appellant may still be entitled to prosecute an appeal on the judgment-roll alone, she admits, what seems to be an obvious fact, that without a record containing the clerk's transcript she cannot have a consideration of the merits of the cause.

The motion for an affirmance of the judgment is therefore granted.

The judgment is affirmed.

Shenk, J., Richards, J., Seawell, J., Preston, J., and Curtis, J., concurred.


Summaries of

Downs v. Downs

Supreme Court of California
Jun 24, 1930
209 Cal. 634 (Cal. 1930)
Case details for

Downs v. Downs

Case Details

Full title:BERTHA L. DOWNS, Appellant, v. WILLIS F. DOWNS, Respondent

Court:Supreme Court of California

Date published: Jun 24, 1930

Citations

209 Cal. 634 (Cal. 1930)
289 P. 620