Court Opinion

ID: 9529174
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:48:29.511159+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:42.056185
License: Public Domain

MOORE, P. J.
I concur. However I enter my protest against the practice of making findings “in the general language of the complaint” when it contains only common counts. It was a generous concession on the part of the Supreme Court nearly a hundred years ago to approve that type of pleading (Godwin v. Stebbins, 2 Cal. 103, 105; Freeborn v. Glazer, 10 Cal. 337, 338) when the basis of the action is fraud in any *143form. A statement of the facts as originally designed by the Legislature (Code Civ. Proc., § 426; Stats. 1851, eh. 5, p. 56, § 39) would be more in keeping with the universal concept of pleading a cause of action. While it is too late to abuse the common count as a form for stating a claim, yet it is going too far for trial courts to bundle their findings on serious factual issues into a few phrases and start them to the reviewing courts as “findings.” I abhor the practice as a careless, hasty, indifferent method for trial courts to pursue. It not only imposes an undeserved burden upon the appellate courts, but, also, it makes no record of the judicial effort of the trial court. Hasten the day when there will be carefully prepared findings on all factual issues.