Whaley v. King
California Supreme Court
. Application to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandate to a justice of the peace for San José township, Santa Clara County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Haven, J.
The petitioners are residents of the county of Santa Barbara, and are 'defendants in an action pending before the respondent, a justice of the peace for San José township, county of Santa Clara, and were present in said justice’s court on July 27, 1891, the time fixed for the trial of said action. Upon that day, and more than one hour after the time fixed for the trial, the attorney for the plaintiff in the action moved for a continuance of the case. The petition alleges “that said motion for a continuance consisted in an oral'statement that material witnesses were absent out of the county,…
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