Bateman v. Superior Court

Citations

• 54 Cal. 285

Syllabus

<p>Receiver—Jurisdiction—Certiorari.—Under the Code of Civil Procedure, the District Court had no jurisdiction to appoint a Receiver in an action of ejectment; and an order making such appointment should be annulled.</p> <p>Id.— Id.— Id.— Constitutional Law. — Subdivision 6, of § 561 of the Code of Civil Procedure is but declaratory of the equity jurisdiction conferred upon the District Courts by the former Constitution, in giving them jurisdiction of “all cases in equity,” and includes only the suits iu which it has been the usage of Courts of Equity to appoint a receiver: their jurisdiction in this respect would have been the same in the absence of the statutory provision.</p>