CALL v. PETERSON

Docket No. L.A. 21809.

36 Cal.2d 599 (1951)

226 P.2d 329

JOSEPH L. CALL et al., Petitioners, v. WALTER C. PETERSON, as City Clerk, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 17, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman F. Selvin and Loeb & Loeb for Petitioners.

Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, and Roger Arnebergh, Assistant City Attorney, for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Petitioners, judges of the Municipal Court of the City of Los Angeles whose terms of office expire June 30, 1951, seek a writ of mandate to compel respondent city clerk to take the necessary steps for the election of judges to that court at the city election to be held in 1951 pursuant to the Municipal Court Act of 1925. (2 Deering's Gen. Laws, Act 5238.) That act provides that the election laws of the city in which a municipal court is established shall...

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