Lissner v. Superior Court

This is an original proceeding in mandamus to effectuate the disposition of a petition for ratable distribution in a pending estate.

In pursuance of appropriate allegations and the .consequent prayer of the complaint filed in a divorce action instituted by Rowena Schneider Baldwin against Baldwin M. Baldwin, the petitioner herein, Louis M. Lissner, was by an ex parte order dated December 15, 1939, appointed the receiver to take into possession the community property of the spouses and the separate property of the defendant husband. At that time the matter was made returnable on an order’ to…