Reynolds v. Lawrence

Citations

• 15 Cal. 359

Syllabus

<p>A stipulation in the Supreme Court, that a cause be continued for the term, and that any motion may be made therein at the next term, by either party, which might have been made at the first term after the filing of the transcript, covers only the rights a party had at the time of the stipulation, and not those already lapsed by the laches of the party.</p> <p>Parties have no unqualified right to stipulate for the abrogation of rules prescribed by this Court.</p> <p>The statement on appeal, failing to specify the grounds of appeal, forms no part of the record into which the Supreme Court will look, and the case stands on the judgment roll, upon the authority of Barrett v. Tewksbury.</p>