Case Name: CHRISTINA SCHWARTZ, Respondent, v. ANDREW DE WIT and H. SOPHIA DE WIT (Wife), Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1856-11-18
Citations: 1 Cal. Unrep. 40
Docket Number: No. 1192
Parties: CHRISTINA SCHWARTZ, Respondent, v. ANDREW DE WIT and H. SOPHIA DE WIT (Wife), Appellants.
Judges: We concur: Murray, C. J.; Terry, J.
Reporter: California Unreported Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 40–40

Head Matter:
CHRISTINA SCHWARTZ, Respondent, v. ANDREW DE WIT and H. SOPHIA DE WIT (Wife), Appellants.
No. 1192;
November 18, 1856.
Nonsuit — Failure of Defendant to Answer. — A nonsuit in a canse in which the defendant had filed no answer may properly be set aside, and there should be a new trial awarded the plaintiff.
APPEAL from Twelfth Judicial District, San Francisco County.
Baker, Dawes & Westar for respondent; J. C. Albertson and James McCabe for appellants.

Opinion:
HEYDENFELDT, J.
— The plaintiff was entitled to judgment against- the defendant, who failed to answer, and this makes the nonsuit erroneous. The court below was certainly right in correcting this error by setting aside the nonsuit and ordering a new trial. In another trial the plaintiff may obtain in the district court that which he seeks, and therefore this appeal is not properly taken.
Order affirmed.
We concur: Murray, C. J.; Terry, J.