Balzano v. Traeger

HAZLETT, J., pro tem.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus to compel respondent to release five hundred dollars belonging to petitioner and held under garnishment by respondent in his capacity as sheriff of Los Angeles County pursuant to a writ of attachment issued in an action in which petitioner was a defendant, then pending in the superior court of Los Angeles County.

In his petition herein petitioner alleges, in addition to the foregoing, that the superior court gave judgment against him in the action for more than five hundred dollars, from which judgment he perfected an appeal to…