Sneath v. Griffin

California Supreme Court
Sneath v. Griffin, 48 Cal. 438 (Cal. 1874)
1874 Cal. LEXIS 173
McKinstry

Sneath v. Griffin

Opinion of the Court

By the Court, McKinstry, J.:

For the reasons stated in the brief of counsel for appellant, the judgment and order should be reversed, and the District Court should order and adjudge the defendants, McDonell and Moore, bound by the original judgment to »the extent of six hundred and thirty-seven dollars thereof.

So ordered.

Mr. Chief Justice Wallace did nobexpress an opinion.

Reference

Full Case Name
R. G. SNEATH v. MARTIN GRIFFIN, R. A. McDONELL and ALEX MOORE
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published
Syllabus
When Party may be Declared Bound by a Judgment.—If judgment is rendered against a party upon several promissory notes signed by him, and one of the notes is also signed by two other persons who are made parties defendant, but are not served with process and do not appear, such other persons may be brought into Court to show cause why they should not be bound by the judgment, to the extent of the note v/hich they signed, and they may be declared bound by it.