Jonas v. Superior Court

This is an original proceeding in certiorari to review an order of the superior court directing the petitioner to appear before a commissioner designated for the purpose of taking his deposition. The application for the commission alleged that the applicant expected to be a party to an action which he intended to commence against the petitioner herein. The burden of petitioner’s attack upon the order is that the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, section 2083 et seq., covering the method *678of proceedings to perpetuate testimony, and under which the commission herein was issued, are not…