Sampsell v. Superior Court

32 Cal.2d 763 (1948)

PAUL W. SAMPSELL, JR., Petitioner,

v.

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent.

L. A. No. 20369.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Oct. 1, 1948.

McLaughlin, McGinley & Hanson and J. A. McLaughlin for Petitioner.

Martin S. Ryan, Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Douglas De Coster, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Petitioner, plaintiff in a divorce action pending in respondent court, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel respondent to hear his application for an order pendente lite awarding him custody of the minor child of plaintiff and defendant.

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