Colla v. Carmichael U-Drive Autos, Inc.

The action was begun in San Francisco in the justices’ court on September 26, 1929, at which time the statute gave that court jurisdiction in all cases at law in which the demand in controversy amounts to $1,000 or less (Code Civ. Proc., sec. 112). Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiffs on June 13, 1930, before the merger of the justices’ court into the present municipal court, which became effective on July 1, 1930.

The defendants attack the judgment solely on the ground that there was a misjoinder of the parties plaintiff, and that the amount of the demands in controversy, exceeding…