Farmers' Co-Operative v. Thresher
California Supreme Court
Appeal by plaintiff from judgment of the Superior Court of the County of San Joaquin. Paterson, J. Petition for writ of prohibition. The petition shows: The petitioner is a corporation engaged in the warehouse business at Stockton, in this State.
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Appeal by plaintiff from judgment of the Superior Court of the County of San Joaquin. Paterson, J. Petition for writ of prohibition. The petition shows: The petitioner is a corporation engaged in the warehouse business at Stockton, in this State. On the first Monday of March, 1881, it was the owner of certain real and personal property, and also had certain wheat, barley, etc., in its warehouses upon storage; the property so on storage had been received from various persons, to each of whom the petitioner had issued a warehouse receipt for the grain by him stored, which receipts were…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court:
This case is within the principle decided in Camron v. Kenfield, 57 Cal. 550, in which it was held that the Legislature could not enlarge or extend the office of the writ of prohibition so as to include ministerial functions. We perceive no distinction, in this .regard, in the provisions of the Constitution relating to the Supreme Court and the Superior Courts.
The judgment and orders appealed from are affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Camron v. KenfieldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
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