TOOHEY v. TOOHEY

Docket No. 14256.

97 Cal.App.2d 84 (1950)

217 P.2d 108

JESSIE M. TOOHEY, Respondent, v. CLARENCE J. TOOHEY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

April 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley D. Whitney and H. Albert George for Appellant.

Landels & Weigel for Respondent.


PETERS, P.J.

This is a motion by respondent to dismiss an appeal on the ground that such appeal is frivolous.

The appellate courts are reluctant to dismiss an appeal on the ground of frivolity. Normally, the determination that an appeal is frivolous requires a full consideration of the case on its merits, and for that reason should only be considered after full briefing by both litigants. But this is a rule of policy, not one of power. [1] The...

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