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Johnston v. Jones
74 Cal. App. 272
| Cal. Ct. App. | 1925
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THE COURT.

This is an application by the defendant for a writ ofsupersedeas staying the enforcement, pending appeal, of a writ of mandate issued by the trial court, commanding the defendant to release certain "attachments or garnishments . . . served or levied by him," as sheriff, in an action by one Hille against the plaintiff herein. *Page 273 [1] The petition alleges that the defendant has regularly appealed to this court from the judgment entered against him in the mandamus proceeding; that, notwithstanding such appeal, the plaintiff has threatened to and will apply to the trial court "for an order adjudging appellant guilty of contempt of court in the event that he refuses to release the said attachment in accordance with the said writ of mandate; and appellant is informed and believes and therefore alleges that said court . . . will entertain the said motion . . . to have appellant adjudged guilty of contempt of court."

It is clear that the perfecting of an appeal, without an undertaking, is sufficient to stay execution of a judgment directing the issuance of a writ of mandate. (Code Civ. Proc., sec. 949; People v. Jackson, 190 Cal. 257, 262 [212 P. 4];People v. Laine, 177 Cal. 742, 745 [171 P. 941]; Wolf v.Gall, 174 Cal. 140, 142 [162 P. 115].) It is not to be presumed, in the absence of a stronger showing than here made, that the trial court will proceed in disregard of the plain provisions of the statute and the construction thereof by the supreme court.

The petition is denied without prejudice.

Case Details

Case Name: Johnston v. Jones
Court Name: California Court of Appeal
Date Published: Aug 27, 1925
Citation: 74 Cal. App. 272
Docket Number: Docket No. 3012.
Court Abbreviation: Cal. Ct. App.
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