Anderson v. Superior Court of Lassen County

The petitioners ask for a writ of prohibition to restrain the superior court from proceeding against them as involuntary insolvents, upon the ground that the court has acted, .and is threatening to act, in excess of its jurisdiction. Upon the filing of the petition an alternative writ was issued, and the return thereto consists merely of a general demurrer to the petition. The question is, whether the facts alleged show any excess, or threatened excess, of jurisdiction, for which the petitioners have no plain, speedy, and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. (Code of Civ. Proc.…