Court Opinion

ID: 9744547
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 22:05:37.845779+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:49.906259
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*221BISHOP, J. pro tem.*
I concur in the reversal of the judgment, but do not concur in the directions that accompany the order.
This ease came to our attention by defendants ’ appeal from the summary judgment that was entered, upon plaintiff’s motion. That “drastic” remedy (Stationers Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. (1965) 62 Cal.2d 412, 417 [42 Cal.Rptr. 449, 452, 398 P.2d 785, 788]) should not have resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff. For one thing, the allegation of his complaint, to quiet title, that “the plaintiff for a long time and hitherto has been, and is now, the owner of an undivided one-half interest in and to” the real property in litigation, was denied. Nowhere in the affidavit offered in support of his motion for a summary judgment, however, was the property identified other than by references to “said parcel of real prop[e]rty.” These references were insufficient for the reason that there was no antecedent to which “said” could attach. Other deficiencies could be pointed out. The summary judgment is properly reversed.
I am not persuaded that for it should be substituted another judgment, summarily entered. There has been no motion made for a judgment on the pleadings, and the plaintiff should be given a chance to meet the challenge that his present pleadings are insufficient to raise an issue. I would reverse the judgment with the recommendation that the parties make use of the pretrial procedures strictly to define the issues and proceed from there.

Retired judge of the superior court sitting under assignment by the Chairman of the Judicial Council