Pacific Coast Collection Laws: A Summary of the Laws of California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, British Columbia, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. Including Insolvency Laws, Also the Jurisdiction of U.S. Courts, with the Names of Reliable Attorneys in the Principal Cities and Towns Throughout the Pacific Coast, and a Notary Public for San Francisco |
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... copy of complaint may be served by the Sheriff of the county where defendant may be found , or by any other person over the age of eighteen , not a party to the action . On Whom Summons to be Served . 1. If the suit is against a ...
... copy of complaint may be served by the Sheriff of the county where defendant may be found , or by any other person over the age of eighteen , not a party to the action . On Whom Summons to be Served . 1. If the suit is against a ...
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... copy of the sum- mons and complaint to be forthwith deposited in the Post - office , directed to the person to be served , at his place of residence . When publication is ordered , personal service of a copy of the summons and complaint ...
... copy of the sum- mons and complaint to be forthwith deposited in the Post - office , directed to the person to be served , at his place of residence . When publication is ordered , personal service of a copy of the summons and complaint ...
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... copy of the account , note , bill , bond , or instrument upon which the action is based , is sufficient . The plaintiff may unite several causes of action in the same complaint where they all arise out of 1. Contracts , express or ...
... copy of the account , note , bill , bond , or instrument upon which the action is based , is sufficient . The plaintiff may unite several causes of action in the same complaint where they all arise out of 1. Contracts , express or ...
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... copy of the account , or be precluded from giving evidence thereof . Pleadings may be amended . Verification of Pleadings . Every pleading must be subscribed by the party or his attorney ; and when the complaint is verified the answer ...
... copy of the account , or be precluded from giving evidence thereof . Pleadings may be amended . Verification of Pleadings . Every pleading must be subscribed by the party or his attorney ; and when the complaint is verified the answer ...
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... copy of the writ , together with a description of the property attached , and a notice that it is at- tached , and by leaving a similar copy of the writ , description and notice with an occupant of the property , if there is one ; if ...
... copy of the writ , together with a description of the property attached , and a notice that it is at- tached , and by leaving a similar copy of the writ , description and notice with an occupant of the property , if there is one ; if ...
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accrued affidavit agent allowed amount appeal appointed assignee assignor attachment bill of exchange bond cause of action certificate CHAPTER chattels child civil actions claim Clerk commenced contract conveyance copy corporation costs Court of record debt deceased defendant defraud his creditors deposition discharge dishonor District Court duly exceeding in value executor or administrator exempt from execution filed homestead husband or wife indorsement insolvent interest intestate issue judgment debtor judicial record jurisdiction Justice liability lien ment months mortgage negotiable instrument Notary Public notice oath officer partnership party payable payment personal property petition plaintiff possession Probate Court proceedings proof or acknowledgment proved real estate real property recover recovery resides seal second Monday SECURITY FOR COSTS Sheriff specified statute suit summons Superior Court Supreme Court sureties surviving husband taken Territory therein thereof thereto thirty days trial undertaking unless witness writ writing
Popular passages
Page 25 - ... connected with the subject of the action. Section 127 of the Revised Code of Civil Procedure provides: "The counterclaim mentioned in the last section must be one existing in favor of a defendant, and against a plaintiff, between whom a several judgment might be had in the action, and arising out of one of the following causes of action : 1.
Page 18 - ... before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action survive, an action may be commenced by his representatives, after the expiration of that time and within one year from his death.
Page 8 - Courts; also, in all cases at law which involve the title or possession of real estate, or the legality of any tax, impost, assessment, toll, or municipal fine, or in which the demand, exclusive of interest, or the value of the property in controversy, amounts to three hundred dollars...
Page 24 - The defendant may demur to the complaint within the time required in the summons to answer, when it appears upon the face thereof, either: 1. That the court has no jurisdiction of the person of the defendant, or the subject of the action; .!. That the plaintiff has not legal capacity to sue; 3.
Page 28 - The plaintiff, at the time of issuing the summons, or at any time afterward, may have the property of the defendant attached, as security for the satisfaction of any judgment that may be recovered, unless the defendant give security to pay such judgment, as in this chapter provided, in the following cases : 1.
Page 20 - State, then to any person having the care or control of such minor, or with whom he resides, or in whose service he is employed; 4.
Page 19 - Persons severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument, including the parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and sureties on the same or separate instruments, may all or any of them be included in the same action, at the option of the plaintiff...
Page 206 - ... was seized or possessed of the premises in question within five years before the commencement of the act in respect to which such action is prosecuted or defense made.
Page 81 - Every person who, while lawfully in possession of an article of personal property renders any service to the owner thereof, by labor or skill, employed for the protection, improvement, safekeeping, or carriage...
Page 14 - Court may change the place of trial in the following cases : 1. When the County designated for that purpose in the complaint is not the proper County ; 2. When there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had therein ; 3. When the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change.