COUNTY OF SUTTER v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 11327.

244 Cal.App.2d 770 (1966)

53 Cal. Rptr. 424

COUNTY OF SUTTER, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SUTTER COUNTY, Respondent; IVA HIGGINS, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

September 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rich, Fuidge, Dawson, March, Tweedy & Morris and Thomas A. Tweedy for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Watt & Peckham and Ted Isles for Real Party in Interest.


FRIEDMAN, J.

The question is whether the trial court has authority to exempt an indigent plaintiff from compliance with the statutory provision for a cost bond in lawsuits against public entities.

Sutter County is the defendant in a personal injury action pending in the superior court of that county. Plaintiff in the suit is Iva Higgins. Invoking Government Code section 947, the counties served a demand upon Mrs. Higgins for an undertaking of $100 to secure...

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