Motion No. 1:
Cross-Defendant’s (Charles Ton) Motion to Quash Summons and Complaint (filed as an ex parte application on 9-27-19 is DENIED.
Code of Civil Procedure section 418.10 states in part, “(a) A defendant, on or before the last day of his or her time to plead or within any further time that the court may for good cause allow, may serve and file a notice of motion for one or more of the following purposes; [¶] (1) To quash service of summons on the ground of lack of jurisdiction of the court over him. . . . [¶] (d) No default may be entered against the defendant before expiration of his or her time to plead, and no motion under this section, or under Section 473 or 473.5 when joined with a motion under this section, . . . shall be deemed a general appearance by the defendant.” Code of Civil Procedure section 410.50 provides, “(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the court in which an action is pending has jurisdiction over a party from the time summons is served on him as