What is the test for a demurrer's finding that a judge acted without authority or committed forgery?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Tang v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., H045898, H046697 (Cal. App. 2020):
Brignac acted without authority or committed "forgery." " '[L]egal conclusions,' 'adjectival descriptions' . . . or 'unsupported speculation' " are insufficient to withstand a demurrer. (Doe v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles (2016) 247 Cal.App.4th 953, 960; see also Berryman v. Merit Property Management, Inc. (2007) 152 Cal.App.4th 1544, 1554.)
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