Court Opinion

ID: 9728170
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:00:42.058062+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:46.473181
License: Public Domain

CHRISTIAN,
J.—I dissent.
Under Code of Civil Procedure section 581b, the San Francisco Superior Court had a mandatory duty to dismiss, on its own motion if necessary, when the one year period expired without payment of transfer fees by the plaintiff. (Western Greyhound v. Superior Court (1958) 165 Cal.App.2d 216, 218 [331 P.2d 793]; South v. Wishard (1958) 165 Cal.App.2d 8, 11 [331 P.2d 227]; London v. Morrison (1950) 99 Cal.App.2d 876, 879 [222 P.2d 941].) Code of Civil Procedure section 399, which requires the clerk to transfer the file upon payment of the fees, must be read together with section 581b; the Legislature has clearly expressed the intention that if the fees are not paid within one year after the change of venue, there is to be no transfer. The Sonoma County Superior Court should be directed to dismiss the action, on the ground that the case is not properly before it, or to retransfer the case to San Francisco Superior Court for dismissal.