Gorham v. Toomey

Jul 1, 1858
Reporters:
Before:
Terryburnett
Terry, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court—Burnett, J., concurring.

This action was ‍​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‍instituted in the Twelfth District Court, to enjoin proceedings under a judgment of the Superior Court of San Francisco.

In Ricketts and Wife v. Johnson, (decided in ‍​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‍April, 1857,) we held that, under our system, the District Courts had no power to restrain the execution of the judgments or orders of Courts ‍​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‍of co-ordinate jurisdiction, and that all proceedings to enjoin judgments must be issued from the Court having the control of such judgments.

By the act of ‍​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‍March, 1857, abolishing the Superior Court, all judgments and actions pending therein were transferred to the Fourth District Court, which tribunal is fully competent ‍​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‍to afford the plaintiffs all the relief to which they are entitled.

Judgment affirmed.