Hills v. Superior Court

Petitioner herein applied to the probate court of the county of Los Angeles for a family allowance out of the estate of his deceased wife. The petition was denied, and petitioner thereafter filed in this court his petition for a writ of mandate directed against said probate court and the judge thereof “commanding them to set said Petition for Family Allowance for further hearing, and upon such further hearing to make an Order granting Petitioner a family allowance.” No question is raised but that mandamus is the appropriate remedy to test the question herein presented. The petition herein…