92 Cal. 560 | Cal. | 1891
This action is brought by plaintiff against the defendants as sureties on a forfeited undertaking of bail. The answer contains no denial of any of the material allegations of the complaint, but sets up two so-called separate defenses, which are, in substance, as follows: —
“1. That the woman whose release was procured by the execution of the undertaking herein was, previous thereto, tried by a jury for the crime of grand larceny, and they, having failed to agree upon a verdict, were discharged from the further consideration of the case; that by reason of such disagreement and the insufficiency of the evidence adduced at the trial, all apprehension or fear on the part of defendants that she would be convicted upon another trial of the case were entirely removed, in consequence of which, and without any knowledge on their part of the pendency of any other charge against her, and having been led by the acts of plaintiff, its officers and agents, to believe there was none, they executed the undertaking herein; that there was, at the time
The second so-called separate defense avers generally, upon information and belief, that the attorney herein had no authority to bring this action, and that his appearance as such attorney was unauthorized by the plaintiff.
Upon the filing of this answer, plaintiff moved the court for judgment upon the pleadings on the usual grounds. The motion was granted, and the defendants excepted.
The defendants then moved for and obtained leave to amend their answer, “ if they were so advised,” within ten days, but they afterwards declined to do so, and judgment was thereupon given in favor of the plaintiff. The case comes here by appeal upon the judgment roll alone.
Section 462 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides that “every material allegation of the complaint not controverted by the answer must, for the purposes of the action, be taken as true.”
As the complaint herein is sufficient in all respects, and the answer does not deny any of the material allegations thereof, and further fails to present anything by way of new matter to bar or defeat the action, it follows
We recommend that the judgment be affirmed.
Foote, C., and Belcher, C., concurred.
For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion, the judgment is affirmed.
Hearing in Bank denied.