Older v. Superior Court of the State in and for Kern
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for Writ of Mandate to the Superior Court of Kern County. C. W. Norton, Judge presiding. = The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Hiram Johnson, Sullivan & Sullivan, and Theo. J. Roche, for Petitioner. J. W. P. Laird, Bowen Irvin, and John E. Bennett, for Bespondents.
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin, J.
The petitioner, Older, asked the district court of .appeal of the third appellate district to issue a writ of mandate compelling respondents to entertain and determine the right of said petitioner to a change of venue of an action for criminal libel pending in Kern County. The motion for change of venue was based upon grounds other than that mentioned in section 1033 of the Penal Code. After deciding preliminarily that, in spite of the fact that Kern County is in the second appellate district, the district court of appeal of the third district had jurisdiction to issue the writ, that court…
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