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ATTORNEY GENERAL v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 18820.

41 Cal.2d 249 (1953)

259 P.2d 1

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondents; F.O. HATCH, as Guardian, etc., Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 7, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, W.R. Augustine and Wayne D. Hudson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondents.

Robert E. Hatch for Real Party in Interest.

SPENCE, J.

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate to compel the respondent court to proceed with the determination of the persons entitled to distribution of an estate. [1] The record, however, does not justify the issuance of the writ, which is available only "where there is not a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy, in the ordinary course of law." (Code Civ. Proc., § 1086.)

The estate of Ethel C. Quinn is in the process of probate pursuant to...

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