73 P. 980 | Cal. | 1903
Action to quiet title. Plaintiff had judgment, and nearly five years later the defendant and respondent, Mrs. Goss moved to set aside the judgment on the ground that there was no proper service of summons. The service was by publication, and the particular points made on the motion were .that the affidavit for publication was insufficient, and that the summons had once been placed in the hands of the sheriff, and by him returned to the clerk of the court, and no other summons was issued. The motion was granted, and the plaintiff appeals from the order.
The points urged on this appeal by appellant and respondent respectively were all considered and reconsidered by this court in the very recent case of Rue v. Quinn, 137 Cal. 651, 66 Pac. 216, 70 Pac. 732, and there determined favorably to the contentions of this appellant. The only difference between the two cases is that in the Rue case the affidavit for publication contained a statement not to be found in the corresponding affidavit in the case before us, which statement reads as follows: “I have also made inquiry of all other persons from whom I could expect to obtain information as to the residence or whereabouts of each of the said defendants.” In all other respects the affidavits in the two eases are entirely similar, and the difference of this added statement in
On the authority of Rue v. Quinn, supra, we advise that the order appealed from be reversed.
I concur: Chipman, C.
For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion the order appealed from is reversed: Shaw, J.; Angellotti, J.; Van Dyke, J.