Cal Pacific Collections, Inc. v. Powers

In this mandamus proceeding, the trial court decreed that defendants 1 acted in excess of their jurisdiction in initiating and prosecuting disciplinary proceedings against plaintiffs under the Collection Agency Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, §6850 et seq.) 2 and that such proceedings should be dismissed. Defendants appeal. We have concluded that the court ruled correctly with respect to certain of the plaintiffs, but that there is statutory authorization for the proceedings against the other plaintiffs.. In July 1958 plaintiff Cal Pacific Collections Inc., a California corporation (Cal Pacific), was…