Firpo v. Superior Court

Certiorari to review a judgment of the Superior Court in and for the City and County of San Francisco.

An action was commenced by petitioner in the justice’s court of the city and county of San Francisco to recover possession on an automobile or its value, with damages and attorney’s fees. The complaint alleged that the defendant in the action came into its possession in Monterey County, that his right thereto had since terminated, a demand therefor, and prayed as part of the relief sought that it might be taken from his possession by any constable of that county. It was shown by the affidavit…