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WATSON v. WATSON

Docket No. L.A. 22328.

39 Cal.2d 305 (1952)

246 P.2d 19

WILLIAM HENRY WATSON, Appellant, v. DOROTHY MARIE WATSON, Respondent

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 14, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.G. Baumen for Appellant.

Meserve, Mumper & Hughes and Leo E. Anderson for Respondent.

SHENK, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of dismissal of an action for malicious prosecution on the ground that it was sham and frivolous and not filed in good faith. The real question is whether the complaint states a cause of action enforceable by the plaintiff.

The plaintiff, William Watson, and the defendant, Dorothy Watson, were married in Nevada in March, 1948. At that time an interlocutory decree of divorce...

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