Chapman v. Municipal Court

VALLÉE, J.

Petitioners seek a writ of prohibition to restrain the respondent court from proceeding with a retrial of an action entitled “Nathan Posner v. Russel K. Chapman, et al.,” No. 853969, in the Municipal Court of the City of Los Angeles, in which a motion for new trial had been granted upon plaintiff’s motion after a judgment had been rendered in favor of defendants. Petitioners also seek a writ of certiorari. An alternative writ of prohibition was issued by this court.

Judgment was rendered for the defendants, petitioners here, in Posner v. Chapman on June 4, 1948. June 9, 1948,…