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Woodbury v. Nevada Southern Railway

R. W. WOODBURY v. NEVADA SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

Woodbury v. Nev. Southern Ry., 53 P. 450 (Cal. 1898)
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Court
California Supreme Court · State Highest Courts
Decided
June 7, 1898
Docket
No. L. A. No. 383
Citations
53 P. 450121 Cal. 1651898 Cal. LEXIS 869
Syllabus
Substitution of Attorneys.—The right of a party to change his attorney of record is conferred by section 284 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and it is only necessary for such party to prefer a request for such change in order to justify the court in making an order therefor. Id.—Request of Corporation for Substitution—Question of Fact—Review upon Appead.—Whether the request for the substitution of attorneys that was presented to the superior court was made by the corporation defendant was a question of fact for that court to determine, and its conclusion that the corporation did make the request will not be reviewed in the appellate court upon the suggestion of the displaced attorney that the superior court did not properly consider the evidence before it on that question.
Summary
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County substituting attorneys for the corporation defendant and from an order refusing to vacate the same. Lueien Shaw, Judge.

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THE COURT.

The Nevada Southern Railway Company, the defendant in the above-entitled action, made its application to the superior court for the substitution of M. W. Conkling as its attorney of record therein, in the place of A. B. Hotchkiss, and the court made its order for such substitution. From this order, and from a subsequent order refusing to set it aside, the present appeal has been taken.

'Whether the request for the substitution of attorneys that was presented to the superior court was made by the defendant was a question of fact for that court to determine, 'and its conclusion that it did make the request will not be reviewed here upon the suggestion of the displaced attorney that the court did not properly consider the evidence before it.

The right of a party to change his attorney of record is conferred by section 284 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and it is only necessary for it to prefer its request for such change in order to justify the court in making an order therefor. (Downer v. Norton, 16 Cal. 436 ; Lee v. Superior Court, 112 Cal. 354 .)

The orders are affirmed.

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1902: 11914: 21928: 11934: 11943: 119022026peak 1914 · 2

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Scott v. Superior Court of Alameda County271 P. 906 (Cal. 1928)
  2. Estate of Cazaurang36 P.2d 1069 (Cal. 1934)
  3. Telander v. Telander140 P.2d 204 (Cal. Ct. App. 1943)
  4. Gage v. Atwater68 P. 581 (Cal. 1902)
  5. Sucesión Lluveras v. Sepúlveda20 P.R. Dec. 293 (1914)
  6. Succession of Lluveras v. Sepúlveda20 P.R. 279 (1914)

Most recent

  1. Telander v. Telander140 P.2d 204 (Cal. Ct. App. 1943)
  2. Estate of Cazaurang36 P.2d 1069 (Cal. 1934)
  3. Scott v. Superior Court of Alameda County271 P. 906 (Cal. 1928)
  4. Succession of Lluveras v. Sepúlveda20 P.R. 279 (1914)
  5. Sucesión Lluveras v. Sepúlveda20 P.R. Dec. 293 (1914)
  6. Gage v. Atwater68 P. 581 (Cal. 1902)

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Authorities cited 2

DepthCaseCited by
People ex rel. Downer v. Norton, 16 Cal. 436 (1860) 10
Lee v. Superior Court, 44 P. 666 (Cal. 1896) 5

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