Mills v. Superior Court

Opinion

JANES, J.

This petition for a writ of prohibition presents the question whether a defendant’s time to appeal to the superior court from an adverse judgment of the small claims court can be extended because the defendant relied upon the erroneous advice of the clerk of the small claims court that the defendant had more time to appeal than was prescribed by the California Rules of Court.

On March 17, 1969, in the Small Claims Court of the Yuba Judicial District, a money judgment was entered against the real parties in interest (hereinafter, “defendants”) in an action filed by petitioner…