Cambra v. Justice's Court

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate directing the respondent court and the justice thereof to receive and file a complaint in a civil action, and in other ways to entertain and exercise jurisdiction of the cause of action therein stated. The respondents refused to permit the complaint to be filed, and this application for a writ followed.

The question squarely presented is whether the Superior Court of Orange County or the Justice’s Court of Santa Ana Township in that county, which is a “Class A justice’s court”, has jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the cause of action. Application for the…