Sonleitner v. Superior Court

Petitioner seeks a peremptory writ of prohibition to prevent respondent court from proceeding without a jury in the case of People v. Sonleitner (L.A. Superior Court Number 105648). The complaint in that case alleges that during the period from November 1, 1951, to July 31, 1955, petitioner made taxable distributions of motor vehicle fuel within the state without possessing a distributor’s license, and that the Board of Equalization ascertained as best it could the amount of the unlicensed distribution and determined the tax due, adding interest and a penalty of 100 per cent of the amount of…