State Ex Rel. Attorney-General v. Superior Court of Sacramento Cty.
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION in the Supreme Court for Mandamus to the Superior Court of Sacramento County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. U. S. Webb, Attorney-General, and L. T. Hatfield, for Petitioner.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
The state of California, by the attorney-general, by an original proceeding in this court, applies for a writ of mandate to compel the superior court of Sacramento County to allow the state of California to appear in said court as contestant in a proceeding therein pending for the probate of a document alleged to be the last will of one Fritz Miller, deceased. Section 1307 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides that in such a proceeding any person interested may appear and contest the will. It is a necessary condition to the right of any party to appear that such party shall have some…
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