BROOKS v. SMALL CLAIMS COURT

Docket No. L.A. 30027.

8 Cal.3d 661 (1973)

504 P.2d 1249

105 Cal. Rptr. 785

MAXINE BROOKS, Petitioner, v. THE SMALL CLAIMS COURT FOR THE DOWNEY JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents; MABEL E. PAGE et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Waldman, Kastner, Harrison & Wilson, Irwin Waldman and Sally Hart Wilson for Petitioner.

John D. Maharg, County Counsel, and Jeffrey H. Nelson, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

No appearance for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

Petitioner Maxine Brooks seeks a writ of mandate to compel respondent courts to allow her to file a notice of appeal and to prosecute an appeal from an adverse judgment entered in respondent small claims court without being required to file the undertaking prescribed by law.1 Essentially we must decide whether such requirement deprives petitioner...

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