Loomis v. Andrews

Citations

• 49 Cal. 239

Syllabus

<p>Power of District Judge at Chambers.—In an application to condemn land for a public use, the District Judge, at Chambers, has no power to make an order authorizing the plaintiff to take possession of and use the property during the pendency of the proceedings, nor has he power to make an order ‘staying all actions against the plaintiff, on account of taking possession of such property.</p> <p>Idem.—If the District Judge at Chambers makes an order which he has no power to make, and afterwards sets the order aside, and then at Chambers, by a'subsequent order, reinstates the first order, the order reinstating is also without authority and void.</p>