In re Lasserot
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Petition by Genevieve Lasserot for writ of mandamus directed to the Honorable William G. Van Fleet, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Petition by Genevieve Lasserot for writ of mandamus directed to the Honorable William G. Van Fleet, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. On November 8, 1912, Genevieve Lasserot commenced in the. superior court of Contra Costa county, Cal., a suit against the People’s Water Company to quiet her title to certain real estate from which she alleged she had been) wrongfully ejected, and to enjoin the defendant from enforcing a certain judgment which had been rendered against her in a prior action jof ejectment, but in which she alleged she had not been…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after-stating the facts as above). [1] In brief, the case presented by the petitioner is this: The petitioner began her suit in the state court, and that court by its receiver took possession of the property in controversy. The cause proceeded to triál, and judgment was given to the defendant; but findings were not filed nor judgment entered. The petitioner now asks for mandamus to the District Court of the United States to compel it to go to trial on the same cause of suit between the same parties in an action commenced in that court, after the state court had appointed its receiver and…
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