LeBreton v. Superior Court of San Francisco

The petition of plaintiffs prays for a writ of prohibition against the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, under section 1102 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which declares that such writ “ arrests the proceedings of any tribunal,corporation, board, or person, when such ¡iroceedings are without or in excess of the jurisdiction of such tribunal, corpoation, board, or person.” And the following section (1103) provides that the writ shall issue in all cases “ where there is not a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law.”

The petition filed in the case…