Perez v. Sharp

32 Cal.2d 711 (1948)

ANDREA D. PEREZ et al., Petitioners,

v.

W. G. SHARP, as County Clerk, etc., Respondent.

L. A. No. 20305.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Oct. 1, 1948.

Daniel G. Marshall for Petitioners.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and Charles C. Stanley, Jr., Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

In this proceeding in mandamus, petitioners seek to compel the County Clerk of Los Angeles County to issue them a certificate of registry (Civ. Code, 69a) and a license to marry. (Civ. Code, 69.) In the application for a license, petitioner Andrea Perez states that…