Carpenter v. Jones

This is an application for a writ of mandate to he directed to Edward I. Jones, judge of the superior court of the county of San Joaquin, requiring him to set a certain cause pending in said court for trial. The facts upon which the application is based are briefly these: One Bailey was the executor of the estate of C. W. Carpenter, deceased. This petitioner and others filed a petition and contest asking that the probate of the will of deceased be set aside, and that Bailey’s letters testamentary be annulled and vacated. Upon the issues thus made the contestants demanded a jury trial, and…