Southern Pacific Co. v. Superior Court

By this proceeding, petitioner seeks to prohibit the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles from requiring petitioner to obey a certain subpoena duces tecum directed to a representative of petitioner in an action entitled, “Raymond Houch v. Southern Pacific Company et al.” Said subpoena was issued by the clerk of said superior court upon the application of the plaintiff in said action, accompanied by an .affidavit as required by section 1985 of the Code of Civil Procedure. No order of court was required by the rules of said court for the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum and no order of…