Fairbanks, Morse & Co. v. Superior Court

Petitioner applies for a writ of mandate for the purpose of compelling respondent to allow petitioner to amend a document theretofore served and filed by petitioner as a draft of a bill of exceptions. The question as to whether or not the peremptory writ should be granted is raised by respondent’s demurrer to the petition.

The following facts appear from the allegations of the petition: On April 1, 1916, Pearl Meeker and William McGuire commenced an action against petitioner and Samuel Bowen in the Superior Court in and for the county of Fresno for the conversion of certain drilling machinery…