State of California v. Superior Court

This is an application for a writ of prohibition. It involves a consideration of the following facts: Martin B. Joost filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the City and County of San Francisco, in which he alleged that while crossing the intersection of Dorchester Street and Claremont Boulevard in San Francisco he was struck and injured by a Ford ear which was being operated by A. E. Kern, who was at the time acting within the scope of his employment and as the agent and employee of the State of California. He named as defendants the State of…