Beverly v. Guerin

In this proceeding an alternative writ of mandate was issued requiring respondent judge of the superior court to fix the amount of a stay bond on appeal, or show cause why he should not be required so to do.

From the petition and the return to the writ we understand that in a certain action wherein petitioner Johanna Beverly is plaintiff and Chester Beverly is defendant, the superior court on the tenth day of May, 1923, determined ■that the defendant as cross-complainant is entitled to a divorce by reason of extreme cruelty on the part of the wife as charged in the cross-complaint. The…