Preston v. Hill

Citations

• 38 Cal. 686

Syllabus

<p>Evidence in an Action to Set Aside a Eokmee Judgment Between the Same Pat.ties.—In an action to set asido a judgment in a former suit between the same parties, obtained, as alleged, by a fraudulent and collusive compromise with plaintiffs’ (then) attorney, it is necessary for the plaintiffs to show that they wore defrauded by the compromise; and, therefore, the merits of the former suit are the proper and necessary subjects of enquiry in the second.</p>