CURPHEY v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES CTY.

Docket No. 23739.

169 Cal.App.2d 261 (1959)

337 P.2d 169

THEODORE J. CURPHEY, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

March 31, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Ball and Frederick O. Field for Petitioner.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, for Respondent.

William B. McKesson, District Attorney, for Real Party in Interest.


NOURSE, J. pro tem.*

Petitioner, the duly appointed coroner of the county of Los Angeles and an officer in the classified civil service under the charter of the county, seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain the respondent court from trying him upon an accusation returned by the grand jury of the county under section 3060 of the Government Code, charging him with wilful and corrupt misconduct in office.

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