Evans v. Superior Court

The object of this proceeding in certiorari is to test the validity of the action of the state legislature in establishing a Probate Code (Stats. 1931, chap. 281, p. 587). The respondents demurred and answered to the petition, and the matter comes here on questions of law alone.

The Superior Court in and for the County of Los Angeles, sitting in probate, appointed a special administrator of an estate without an order first having been made for the giving of notice of said proceedings, and without a notice of any kind having been given, as required by the provisions of section 1412 of the Code…