Grant v. Superior Court of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
Application to the Supreme Court for writs of prohibition to the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.
These are separate applications for writs of prohibition to arrest tne same proceeding in the superior court.
*325In an action commenced by, or in the name of, the California Bank against the Los Angeles and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, et al. (in which action it is claimed Lewis A. Grant was afterward substituted as the party plaintiff), the superior court appointed Herman Silver receiver of the property of the corporation.
This o'rder appointing Silver, it is conceded, was in excess of the jurisdiction of the court and void, as was decided here in another case in which it was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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