Legal Opinion

Gorman v. Superior Court

California Court of Appeal

Decided October 15, 1937No. Civ. 2042PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.

This is an application for a writ of prohibition to restrain the respondents from taking further proceedings in an action growing out of a collision between two automobile trucks, on the ground that the Superior Court of Merced County first acquired jurisdiction through the service of process in another action arising from the same collision.

The collision occurred on March 27, 1937, on U. S. Highway No. 99 at a point about eight miles south of Merced, one of the trucks being driven by this petitioner. An action was filed on April 3, 1937; in the Superior Court of Merced County by the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Todhunter v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1934
  2. Gardiner v. RoyerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Morris v. WarnerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1929
  4. DeBrincat v. MoganCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
  5. Glide v. KayserCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Scott v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Browne v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
  3. Datta v. StaabCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
  4. Greene v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Myers v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946

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