ATKINSON v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. 24008.

180 Cal.App.2d 467 (1960)

4 Cal. Rptr. 423

VIRGINIA ATKINSON, as a Taxpayer, etc., Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants; ANDREW V. HOHN, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

April 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Trammell and Weberg & Bowman for Appellant.

Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee and Raymond G. Stanbury for Respondent.


FORD, J.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing an action under the provisions of section 583 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The portion of section 583 pursuant to which the motion of defendant Andrew V. Hohn was granted is as follows: "The court may in its discretion dismiss any action for want of prosecution on motion of the defendant and after due notice to the plaintiff, whenever plaintiff has failed for two years after action is filed to bring such...

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