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WATTS v. CRAWFORD

Docket No. S035808.

10 Cal.4th 743 (1995)

896 P.2d 807

42 Cal. Rptr.2d 81

DOYLE WATTS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GERTRUDE CRAWFORD, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

July 6, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Carey & Carey, Jerry Y. Fong, Daniel S. Gonzales and John G. Downing for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Coughlin & Paxton, Coughlin, Paxton & Pipal and James M. Paxton for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

GEORGE, J.

Under governing statutes, a plaintiff is required to serve a defendant with the summons and complaint within three years of filing the complaint in order to avoid a dismissal. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 583.210, subd. (a), 583.250.)1 Section 583.240 provides, however, for the tolling of the three-year period under a number of specified circumstances. The issue in the case before...

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