Gunn v. Superior Court

In a petition for a writ of mandate filed herein it is alleged that a judgment was entered against petitioner in the Justice’s Court of No. 5 Township in Lake County on May 17, 1945; that petitioner then filed notice of appeal to the Superior Court of Lake County, paid $8.00 in fees to the justice of the peace, and put up $100 in cash in lieu of an appeal bond; that when the matter came up in the superior court to be set for hearing, it was contended by appellee that the said court was without jurisdiction of the appeal for the alleged reason that the amount paid to the justice of the peace…