MENDOZA v. SMALL CLAIMS COURT

Docket No. L.A. 24776.

49 Cal.2d 668 (1958)

321 P.2d 9

PAT P. MENDOZA, Respondent, v. SMALL CLAIMS COURT OF LOS ANGELES JUDICIAL DISTRICT, Appellant; MARY ARIZA, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and William E. Lamoreaux, Assistant County Counsel, for Appellant.

Ardy V. Barton for Respondent.


TRAYNOR, J.

In November, 1955, plaintiff brought a proceeding in unlawful detainer for default of rent in defendant small claims court. On December 6, 1955, the court dismissed the action upon its own motion on the ground that the 1955 amendment to section 117 of the Code of Civil Procedure, upon which its jurisdiction was predicated, was unconstitutional. From a judgment of the superior court that a writ of mandate issue compelling defendant to entertain the proceeding...

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