54 Cal. 273 | Cal. | 1880
This is an action upon a judgment. The defense is the Statute of Limitations. The facts are, that on August 26th, 1871, plaintiff commenced suit in the Fourth District Court against the defendant to recover three hundred and eighty dollars, with
The cases of Gray v. Palmer, 28 Cal. 416; Peck v. Courtis, 31 Cal. 209; and Genella v. Relyea, 32 Cal. 159, cited by counsel for respondent, in support of the judgment, do not apply to this case. The question in those cases was, as to what was the starting-point of the time within which an appeal could be taken under the then existing statute, which provided that an appeal might be taken from a judgment within one year from “ the rendition of the judgment ”; and the Court held that the time ran from the day the judgment was announced by the Court.
But in this case we have a different statute to deal with. The words of the statute prescribing the time for the commencement of this class of actions are:
“ Within five years :
“ 1. An action upon- a judgment or decree of any Court of the United States or of any State within the United States.”
The judgment here spoken of is a complete judgment, one that has been' reduced to a tangible form—a record. In the case at bar it will be observed that the Court did not itself enter judgment. It only ordered that judgment be entered. This was not in fact done until five days afterward, when for
Judgment and order reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial.
McKinstry, P. J., and McKee, J., concurred.