Opinion

Houghton v. Superior Court

  • 187 Cal. 661
  • 203 P. 765
  • 1922 Cal. LEXIS 490
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Jan 4, 1922
Status
Published
Author
Sloane
On the bench
Wilbur, Sloane
Cited by
12 cases
Authority
More cited than 35.0%

The opinion

SLOANE, J.,

Concurring.—I concur in the decision, although I am of the opinion that the trial court was in error in excluding the judgment pleaded by defendant as a setoff and should have admitted it in evidence and proceeded with the trial, since, although an appeal had been taken from the judgment, no stay bond had been filed, and, under section 942 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the judgment continued

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in effect for all purposes of its enforcement, and defendant had a right to use it as a setoff against the plaintiff’s claim

(Dowdell

v.

Carpy,

137 Cal. 33 , [ 70 Pac. 167 ];

Sewell

v. Price, 164 Cal. 265 , [ 128 Pac. 407 ]). However, as it was excluded from evidence upon petitioner’s objection that it had not become final, he is not in a position to protest a postponement of the trial to await the determination of the appeal.

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