Cohen v. Superior Court of S.F.

Petitioner, the plaintiff in an action of unlawful detainer, seeks a writ of mandate commanding respondent court to give that action precedence on the pretrial calendar in order to expedite setting it for trial. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 1179a1; Kartheiser v. Superior Court (1959) 174 Cal.App. *5522d 617, 621-623 [345 P.2d 135]; and Lori, Ltd., Inc. v. Superior Court (1946) 74 Cal.App.2d 442, 443 [168 P.2d 982],)2

Real parties in interest contend that there is no issue remaining in relation to the right to possession of the premises in question; that the action has become transmuted into a mere civil…