Walsh v. Hutchings
Walsh v. Hutchings
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from an order setting aside a default judgment entered against the defendant. The action was commenced in the District Court in and for the county of Merced, and the summons was served on the defendant in the city and county of San Francisco, October 11, 1879. The default and judgment were entered by the Clerk November 26, 1879. The defendant moved to vacate the judgment and set aside the default, and for leave to answer, which motion was granted
Order affirmed.
McKee, Sharpstein, and Thornton, JJ., concurred.
McKinstry, J., concurred in the judgment.
Morrison, C. J., also concurred in the judgment.
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- M. H. WALSH v. J. M. HUTCHINGS
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- Appeal prom Order—Record—Transcript—Identification of Papers— Bill of Exceptions—Clerk’s Certificate.—Upon an appeal from an order, opening a default, papers appeared in the transcript as printed, purporting to be an affidavit of the defendant, and a counter-affidavit of tho plaintiff; and there was a certificate of the Clerk, that the transcript contained full, true, and correct copies of all papers used upon the hearing of the motion, in the Court below; but there was no bill of exceptions or certificate of the Judge as to the identity of the papers. Held : It is not for the Clerk to determine what papers or evidence the Court acted upon; and his certificate must be disregarded.