Reynolds v. Superior Court

This is a proceeding in certiorari to review an order of the superior court dismissing an appeal from the justice’s court..

Judgment was recovered against petitioner in the justice’s court in an action wherein he was the defendant and one Cora Osborn was the plaintiff. In due time petitioner appealed to the superior court upon questions of both law and fact. The appeal was not brought to trial within a year from the date of its filing in the superior court, and for that reason the plaintiff in the action moved that court to dismiss the appeal under the provisions of section 981a of the Code of…