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HILL v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. Sac. 6646.

46 Cal.2d 169 (1956)

293 P.2d 10

ARTHUR W. HILL et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 10, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur W. Hill and Norman C. Cissna, in pro. per., for Petitioners.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and Frederick G. Girard, Deputy Attorneys General, and Harold L. Hammond, District Attorney (Humboldt), for Respondent.

SPENCE, J.

Petitioners seek a writ of mandate to compel the respondent court to allow "additional compensation to petitioners for services and expenses" while acting as the court-appointed counsel for Ezra Linwood Witham. The petition was originally filed in the District Court of Appeal, which court issued an alternative writ, and ordered a reference to ascertain the facts.

There is no dispute here concerning the essential facts. Petitioners Hill and Cissna...

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