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Dawson v. Superior Court

Supreme Court of California,In Bank
Jun 23, 1910
158 Cal. 73 (Cal. 1910)

Summary

In Dawson v. Superior Court, 158 Cal. 73 [ 110 P. 479], this court decided that the judgment of the district court of appeal denying on its merits an application for a writ of prohibition is a bar to a subsequent application in the supreme court.

Summary of this case from Philip Reilly v. Police Court of the City of Oakland, Etc.

Opinion

S.F. No. 5614.

June 23, 1910.

APPLICATION for a Writ of Prohibition directed to the Superior Court of Kings County. John G. Covert, Judge.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

Dixon L. Phillips, J.L.C. Irwin, Maurice E. Power, and Robert W. Miller, for Petitioner.

H. Scott Jacobs, and Choynski Humphreys, for Respondent.


It appears in this case that an application for a writ of prohibition against the respondent was made to the district court of appeal of the second district on May 23, 1910; that an alternative writ was issued therein, and that on June 13, 1910, the said district court gave judgment denying the application on its merits. Under the constitution the district court has concurrent jurisdiction with the supreme court in original proceedings of this character. A judgment by that court is therefore an adjudication of the matters set forth in the petition. If this court should entertain a distinct application of the same character the petitioner would be met by an answer alleging the former adjudication in the district court, and that adjudication would be a bar. In such cases if the applicant desires the intervention of this court in the matter, the only effectual method of obtaining it is by application for a transfer of the case to this court for a reconsideration and decision. If the district court had decided the case without an adjudication upon the merits, perhaps its judgment would not be a bar, but petitioner's application shows that the adjudication of that court was a decision upon the merits.

For these reasons the application for a writ is denied.


Summaries of

Dawson v. Superior Court

Supreme Court of California,In Bank
Jun 23, 1910
158 Cal. 73 (Cal. 1910)

In Dawson v. Superior Court, 158 Cal. 73 [ 110 P. 479], this court decided that the judgment of the district court of appeal denying on its merits an application for a writ of prohibition is a bar to a subsequent application in the supreme court.

Summary of this case from Philip Reilly v. Police Court of the City of Oakland, Etc.

In Dawson v. Superior Court, 158 Cal. 73, [ 110 P. 479], it was held that in prohibition cases the judgment of a district court of appeal may be transferred to the supreme court for reconsideration and decision.

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Case details for

Dawson v. Superior Court

Case Details

Full title:JOHN H. DAWSON, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF KINGS…

Court:Supreme Court of California,In Bank

Date published: Jun 23, 1910

Citations

158 Cal. 73 (Cal. 1910)
110 P. 479

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