Booth v. Superior Court of the City & County of San Francisco

A proceeding in certiorari to review an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco directing that an action pending therein be tried .by a jury.

The action in the Superior Court was brought by petitioner to recover on several assigned claims for money had and received. The defendant therein answered, whereupon petitioner served a notice of motion to set the case for trial. The defendant failed to appear in response to the notice, and the cause was by order of the court placed on the trial calendar and a day fixed for the trial. Subsequently the defendant, upon notice…