California Supreme Court, 1925

Hoffman v. Superior Court

Hoffman v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court · Decided June 17, 1925
237 P. 548; 196 Cal. 278; 1925 Cal. LEXIS 312

Hoffman v. Superior Court

Opinion of the Court

THE COURT.

This is a petition for a writ of mandate to compel the respondents to enter an order substituting petitioner, as trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of J. Charles King, a bankrupt, in place of said King as defendant, in an action now pending in the respondent *Page 279 court. No showing is presented from which it appears to us that a plain, speedy and adequate remedy (Code Civ. Proc., sec. 1086) is not available to petitioner in the premises by intervention. (Code Civ. Proc., sec. 387.)

The petition is denied.

Petition for modification of opinion denied.

All the Justices concurred.

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