Powell v. Sutro

Citations

• 80 Cal. 559
• 22 P. 308
• 1889 Cal. LEXIS 958

Syllabus

<p>Place of Trial—Action Commenced in Justcioe’s Court—Transfer to Superior Court—Change of Place of Trial.—Where • an action commenced in a justice’s court is on motion of the defendant transferred for trial to the superior court of the county in which it was brought, because the answer shows that its determination necessarily involves a question as to the legality of a tax, the superior court has no power to change the place of trial to the county in which the defendant resides, there having been no demand for a change made in the justice’s court at the time of answering.</p>