549,  34  Pac.  114;  Malone  v.  Big
Flat  Gravel  Min.  Co.,  93  Cal.  384^
28  Pac.  1063^  Lodtman  v.  Schluter,
71  Cal.  94,  16  Pac.  540  (judgment
dismissiDg  an  action  for  want  of
prosecution);  Clarke  v.  Wittram,  4
Cal.  Unrep.  65,  33  Pac.  798;  Long-
necker  ▼.  His  Creditors,  2  Cal.
Unrep.  852,  17  Pac.  220;  Southern
Pacific  R.  R.  Co.  v.  White,  2  Cal.
Unrep.  151;  People  v.  Scale,  1  Cal.
Unrep.  321;  Milliken  v.  Valencia,
31  Cal.  App.  Dec.  983,  189  Pac.
1049;  Banse  v.  Wells,  30  Cal.  App.
Dec.  430,  186  Pac.  192;  Mercantile
Trust  Co.  V.  Stockton  Terminal  &
Eastern  R.  R.  Co.,  30  Cal.  App.
Dec.  190,  185  Pac.  860;  Stone  v.
MeWilliams,  30  Cal.  App.  Dec.  131,
185  Pac.  478;  Williams  v.  Reed,  30
Cal.  App.  Dec.  89,  185  Pac.  515;
Gunnison  v.  Miller,  34  Cal.  App.
267,  167  Pac.  890;  Durbrow  v.
Chesley,  24  Cal.  App.  416,  141  Pac.
631;  Plummer  v.  Agoure,  20  Cal.
App.  319,  128  Pac.  1014  (discretion
held  not  abused  where  the  proposed
answer  was  evasive  and  must  be
construed   as   an   admission   of   the


cause  of  action) ;  Blumer  y.  May-
hew,  17  Cal.  App.  223,  119  Pac.
202;  Curtin  v.  Dunne,  10  Cal.  App.
586,  102  Pac.  825;  Younger  v.
Moore,  8  Cal.  App.  237,  96  Pac.
1093;  Doherty  v.  California  Nav.  &
Imp.  Co.,  6  Cal.  App.  131,  91  Pac.
419;  Freeman  v.  Brown,  5  Cal.  App.
516,  90  Pac.  970;  Sauer  v.  Eagle
Brewing  Co.,  3  Cal.  App.  127,  84
Pac.  425;  Murphy  v.  Stelling,  l'
Cal.  App.  95,  81  Pac.  730.
16.  Moore  v.  Thompson,  138  Cal.
23,  70  Pac.  930.
16w  County  of  Los  Angelefi  v.
