Meyer v. Kalkmann

Citations

• 6 Cal. 582

Syllabus

<p>XJnder the provision of the Constitution, giving to the Legislature the power “to establish such municipal and other inferior Courts as may be deemed necessary,” the Courts thus created could only be of inferior, limited, and special jurisdiction.</p> <p>The Superior Court of the city of San Francisco, which was created under the power so given, is a municipal Court, whose jurisdiction must necessarily be confined to the municipal territory; and the Act giving it the power to extend its jurisdiction, so as . to let its process run beyond its territory, is invalid.</p>