Dickerson v. Superior Court

Prohibition. The question involved is whether the alternative writ° heretofore issued should be made peremptory or the proceeding therefor be dismissed. The petition for the writ is founded upon facts as follows: The Southern Pacific Land Company instituted an action against petitioner in the superior court of Imperial County to recover possession of a tract of land occupied by petitioner, together with damages for the retention thereof, and to quiet its title thereto. The rights of the plaintiff, as asserted in the complaint, were put in issue by an answer filed by petitioner, and the case…