Thomas v. Justice's Court

Hayne, C.

This is an application for a writ of prohibition to the justice’s court of San Francisco, to prohibit it from proceeding with the trial of an action now pending before it. The action was brought to recover the sum of two hundred dollars for a forfeiture alleged to have accrued by reason of the issuance of a certificate of relief without having obtained a certificate of authority from the insurance commissioner of the state, as prescribed by section 596 of the Political Code. The question which counsel have argued is, whether such certificate of authority is required from an…