Majors v. Superior Court of Alameda Co.

When this case was in the district court of appeal of the first appellate district, Division No. One, Mr. Justice Waste prepared the opinion of the court, which was as follows:

“Application for writ of prohibition prayed to be directed against the superior court of the state of California in and for the county of Alameda, Hon. T. W. Harris, judge thereof, staying proceedings in a civil action therein pending, until plaintiff therein shall have paid the fees of the jurors in the first trial, the jurors having been discharged without finding a verdict.

“Andrew Martin, as plaintiff, commenced an…