Goodwin v. Glazer
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, County of Los Angeles. Application to the Court below for a writ of mandamus. The plaintiffs recovered, in the Court below, a judgment against the defendant, for the sum of $5,243 22 and costs of suit, and afterwards applied to the clerk of the Court in which the judgment was rendered, to issue execution thereon.
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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, County of Los Angeles. Application to the Court below for a writ of mandamus. The plaintiffs recovered, in the Court below, a judgment against the defendant, for the sum of $5,243 22 and costs of suit, and afterwards applied to the clerk of the Court in which the judgment was rendered, to issue execution thereon. The clerk declined to issue the execution, on the ground that an appeal had been taken therefrom to the Supreme Court. Plaintiff then applied to the District Court for a writ of mandamus, to compel the clerk to issue…
1Opinion of the CourtTerry, C. J.
Field, J., and Baldwin, J., concurring.
The mandamus in this case was improperly granted. Plaintiff had recovered a moneyed judgment, upon which the clerk of *334the Court refused to issue execution. For all damages resulting from this refusal, the plaintiff has, in ordinary course of law, a plain and adequate remedy, by an action on the bond of the officer, and it is well settled that the writ will not issue in such cases.
Judgment reversed.
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