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84 Cal. 607

People v. Harrison

California Supreme Court

Decided June 23, 1890

California Supreme Court · decided 1890-06-23

<p>Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Tulare County, vacating a judgment on motion.</p> <p>The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.</p>

Relies on People v. Greene · People v. Mullan · People v. Goodhue

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Decided 1890-06-23

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Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently May 1977 · most notably Gray v. Hall (1928), People v. Davis (1904)

30 state decisions

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McFarland, J., concurring. —

¶1I concur in the judgment, upon the ground that the judgment sought to be set aside is not void on its face.

¶2*611But I do not concur in the language quoted from People v. Goodhue, 80 Cal. 200. The Goodhue case was properly decided, I think, upon the ground stated in the concurring opinion therein of Mr. Justice Paterson; but the opinion of the court was concurred in by a majority of the justices, including myself, without, I think, giving due consideration to former decisions. In People v. Mullen, 65 Cal. 396, People v. Pearson, 76 Cal. 400, and People v. Greene, 74 Cal. 400, it had been distinctly held that a judgment void on its face could he set aside on motion, without regard to the lapse of time; and in my judgment there was no occasion to overrule these decisions, or to overturn the established rule on the subject. I think that People v. Goodhue, supra, should itself he disregarded so far as it conflicts with the other cases above named.

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