Connolly v. Ashworth

Citations

• 98 Cal. 205
• 33 P. 60

Syllabus

<p>Trial by Court—Filing Decision.—The trial of a cause by the court is not concluded until the decision is filed with the clerk.</p> <p>Id.—Decision Filed after Exfiration of Office of Judge—Judgment not Supported.—When a case is tried by the court without a jury, and the term of office of the judge expires before he files his decision in the case, the fact that it is signed by him and ordered by his successor in office to be filed, and is so filed, is not sufficient to sustain a judgment entered thereon.</p>