County of Los Angeles v. Justice's Court

The County of Los Angeles, through its duly authorized county counsel, is here seeking a writ of mandate to compel the respondent Justices’ Courts, located in the county, and the duly elected justices of such courts, to exercise original jurisdiction in certain causes which the respondent courts and justices have refused to entertain.

At the recent session of the legislature section 112 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the state of California and section 1425 of the Penal Code of the state, relating to the jurisdiction of Justices’ Courts, were amended (Stats. 1929, p. 834; Stats. 1929, p.…