Crocker v. Conrey
California Supreme Court
MANDAMUS from this Court to a Judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. N. P. Conrey, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Hunsaker & Britt, and Mastick, Van Fleet & Mastick, for Petitioners. Clarence A. Miller, George J. Denis, for Respondent; L. L. Boone, and Oscar A. Trippet, Amici Cur ice, also for Respondent.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.
This is an original proceeding by mandamus to compel the respondent to complete the taking of a ■deposition and to employ the process of contempt against the witness to compel him to answer. The matter has been submitted upon a demurrer to the petition, from which it appears that these petitioners, having commenced an action for damages in the court of which the respondent is judge, filed a proper affidavit and gave regular notice that they would on a certain day take the deposition of the defendant therein before said judge at his courtroom. In pursuance of this affidavit and notice, the…
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