First National Trust & Savings Bank v. Superior Court

SHENK, J. —

The petitioner seeks the writ of prohibition to restrain the respondent superior court from exercising jurisdiction in a pending action until it has ordered the presence of parties claimed to be indispensable to a complete determination of the controversy. (See section 389, Code of Civil Procedure.) This court issued the alternative writ. The matter is submitted on the petition and the respondent’s demurrer and answer.

The pleadings herein show that on March 15, 1941, Sallyneil B. Wilson commenced an action in the Superior Court in Los Angeles County naming The First National Trust…