Texas Co. v. Superior Court

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate to compel the Superior Court to place upon its calendar and hear and determine the issues raised by its demurrer to the original complaint.

An action was commenced in the Superior Court on April 9, 1934, in which Barney Brown and more than 650 others are the plaintiffs and The Texas Company, petitioner herein, is the defendant. The plaintiffs, claiming to be tenants in common owning and holding certain interests in an oil lease of which the defendant is assignee, seek to recover of the defendant a large sum of money for failure to properly and diligently…