Simmons v. Superior Court

VALLÉE, J.

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles from taking any further proceedings in an action entitled “Frank A. Simmons v. Mrs. Frank A. Simmons, et al.,” No. 555768, until the final determination of an action pending in the District Court of Harris County (Houston), Texas, entitled “Helene Simmons v. Frank A. Simmons,” No. D-363483. Petitioner Helene Simmons, referred to as the “wife,” is the same person as Mrs. Frank A. Simmons. Frank A. Simmons is referred to as the “husband. ’ ’

February 10, 1949, the wife commenced an action…