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93 Cal. 252
Cal.
1892
The Court.

Petitioners aver that they are defendants in an action pending in th.e court of respondents, in which one Hinkel is plaintiff; that said action is an action to quiet title to certain described lands; that petitioners have answered in said action, setting up certain defenses; that petitioners have demanded a jury trial of *253said action; that their demand has been refused, and that the respondents are about to try said action without a jury. Wherefore petitioners pray for a writ of mandate, commanding respondents to comply with petitioners’ demand for a jury, and “ not to undertake to try or to set said action for trial without a jury.”

Whether or not the petitioners should have a jury trial of said action is a question of law which the superior court has jurisdiction to hear and determine; and if any error has been, or shall be, committed in determining that question, the petitioners have a sufficient remedy in the ordinary course of law by appeal.

■ The prayer of petitioners is denied, and the proceeding dismissed.

Case Details

Case Name: Donohue v. Superior Court
Court Name: California Supreme Court
Date Published: Feb 4, 1892
Citations: 93 Cal. 252; 28 P. 1043; 1892 Cal. LEXIS 551; No. 14646
Docket Number: No. 14646
Court Abbreviation: Cal.
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    Donohue v. Superior Court, 93 Cal. 252