Lorraine v. McComb

By this application for writ of mandate petitioners seek to ascertain the validity of the recent amendment to section 595 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Stats. 1933, p. 1873), which, so far as here material, provides: “In all cases, the court shall postpone a trial, or the hearing of any motion or demurrer, for a period not to exceed thirty days, when all attorneys of record of parties who have appeared in the action agree in writing to such postponement. ’ ’

A certain action entitled Sarah R. Lorraine, Plaintiff, v. I. B. Doyle, Defendant, No. 347-524, begun January 18, 1933, was at issue in…