Polkinghorn v. Superior Court of San Bernardino Cty.

California Supreme Court
Polkinghorn v. Superior Court of San Bernardino Cty., 168 Cal. 797 (Cal. 1914)

Polkinghorn v. Superior Court of San Bernardino Cty.

Opinion of the Court

THE COURT.

In this proceeding the petitioner, a creditor of the Gibraltar Investment and Home Building Company, filed a petition for a writ of prohibition arresting, the proceedings in a certain action pending in the superior court of San Bernardino County entitled “The Brookings Timber & Lumber Company, a corporation, Plaintiff, v. Gibraltar Investment and Home Building Company, a corporation, Defendant,” wherein one S. P. Kelley was appointed receiver of the assets of the defendant. On the authority of Elliott, v. Superior Court, (L. A. No. 3949), ante, p. 727, [145 Pac. 101], heretofore decided by this court, in which the order appointing said receiver was adjudged void, it is ordered that a peremptory writ of prohibition issue out of this court as prayed for in the petition on file in the above-entitled proceeding.

Reference

Full Case Name
W. P. POLKINGHORN v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Status
Published
Syllabus
Receiver—Jurisdiction to Appoint—Prohibition.—Peremptory writ of prohibition issued on the authority of Elliott v. Superior Court, ante, p. 727.