Opinion ID: 1385357
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: Defaults; eminent domain

Text: 8. Notwithstanding anything contained in subdivision 6 of this section, a judge of the superior court or a judge of the municipal court or justice court of the judicial district, in which any real property is located, shall not be disqualified to hear or determine any matter in which the opposing party shall have failed to appear within the time allowed by law, or as to such of the opposing parties who shall have failed to appear within the time allowed by law, and as to which matter or parties the same shall constitute purely a default hearing; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall be construed as preventing the judge of the superior court of such county from issuing an order for possession prior to judgment in proceedings in eminent domain. Nothing in this section contained shall affect a party's right to a change of the place of trial in the cases provided for in Title 4 (commencing with Section 392) of Part 2 of this code. (Enacted 1872. Amended by Code Am. 1880, c. 35, § 1; Stats. 1893, c. 189, § 1; Stats. 1897, c. 190, § 1; Stats. 1905, c. 370, § 1; Stats. 1915, c. 362, § 1; Stats. 1921, c. 153, § 1; Stats. 1925, c. 15, § 1; Stats. 1927, c. 744, § 1; Stats. 1929, c. 556, § 1; Stats. 1933, c. 743, § 48; Stats. 1937, c. 136, § 1; Stats. 1939, c. 1047, § 1; Stats. 1941, c. 70, § 1; Stats. 1951, c. 1737, § 37; Stats. 1957, c. 1545, § 1; Stats. 1959, c. 744, § 2; Stats. 1965, c. 1260, § 1; Stats. 1969, c. 446, § 1; Stats. 1971, c. 807, § 1; Stats. 1975, c. 1240, § 2; Stats. 1977, c. 1257, § 6.)