Santa Clara County v. Superior Court

Petitioners seek a writ of prohibition to restrain the respondent court from proceeding further in connection with a “temporary restraining order and order to show cause” issued in an action commenced for the purpose of preventing the Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara County from certifying to the Legislature a proposed freeholders’ charter adopted by the voters of that county. Respondents filed a demurrer and answer to the petition, but the material facts, for the purpose of this discussion, are not in dispute and their brief recital will suffice to present the problem at hand. It appears…