Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 339 Cited 1,530 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that a plaintiff must initiate within two years "[a]n action upon a contract, obligation or liability not founded upon an instrument of writing"
Stating that the purpose of the section "is to make clear that lapse of the statutory periods prescribed by the section bars the right and not merely the remedy"
Requiring an answer to contain both a general or specific denial of factual allegations, § 431.30(b), and a statement of "any new matter constituting a defense," § 431.30(b)