Schroeder v. Wittram
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of a Superior Court, rendered in a trial de novo of a case on appeal from the judgment of a justice’s court, taken on questions of both law and fact. The contention made by the appellant is, that the judgment is void, because the justice’s court had no jurisdiction to try and determine the action, it being an action in which the question of title to real property was involved.
Unquestionably, a justice’s court has no jurisdiction of an action “ which involves the title or possession of real property. ” Original jurisdiction to hear and determine such cases…
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