Thompson v. White
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco. The nature of the case is stated in the opinion rendered on the prior appeal, reported in 63 Cal. 505. The farther facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Hayne, C.
This case was originally in the nineteenth district court. That court made certain findings of fact and an interlocutory decree therein, and referred the case to Gordon N. Mott, the court commissioner. This official made a report which was “confirmed” by Judge Cary of the superior court, the successor of the nineteenth district court; and the case then went to his successor, who made an order setting aside all the proceedings, upon the theory that there had been a mistrial, and that a case could not be tried by piecemeal by different judges, neither of whom had before him the…
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