Emerson v. Superior Court

This is a proceeding in mandamus to compel respondent court to make an order permitting petitioner to prosecute an action filed by her and now pending in said court without the prepayment of jury fees.

The essential facts are:

Petitioner filed an action in respondent court to recover damages for personal injuries received by her. She thereafter made application to said court for an order permitting her to prosecute her action before a jury without the prepayment of jury fees. This order was denied by the trial judge on the sole and only ground that petitioner’s attorney of record had an…