Case Name: SHEEHY v. HOLMES
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 55 Cal. 485
Docket Number: No. 7,070
Parties: SHEEHY v. HOLMES.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 55
Pages: 485–487

Head Matter:
[No. 7,070.
In Bank.]
SHEEHY v. HOLMES.
Prohibition — Jurisdiction—Removal of Cause to Federal Court.—In an action by citizens of the State, against a citizen and an alien, upon a joint and several obligation, (the amount in controversy being over S000) the alien defendant applied to the Court in due form and time, for a removal of the cause to Ike United States Circuit Court; and, his motion being refused, applied to this Coui-t for a writ oí prohibition. Held, that ho was entitled to the writ.
Application for a writ of prohibition to Holmes, Judge of the Superior Court of Fresno County,
The original action was brought by B. F. Gibbons and Delilah Kates, against John Slicehy, (the plaintiff in this proceeding) and J. E. Linsley; and the complaint alleged that the defendants were indebted to the plaintiff jointly in the sum of $15,000, and that they “ jointly and severally undertook and promised to pay to the plaintiff the said sum of $15,000, on or before the 26th day of November, 1879.”
The petition for the writ alleges that the petitioner is an alien, and the other defendant and the plaintiff citizens of this State; that the complaint (of which a copy is attached) was filed, and summons issued and served upon petitioner; that before the time for answering expired, the petitioner entered his appearance, and at the same time-filed his petition and the proper, bond for the removal of the cause to the United States Circuit Court, and that the petition was denied. A supplemental petition, filed by leave of Court, alleges that the petitioner, since the filing of his petition, had, in pursuance of the statutes of the United States in such case made and provided, obtained a certified copy of the record in the original case and filed the same in the United States Circuit Court, and that that Court had assumed and acquired jurisdiction of the case.
H. S. Dixon, and J. H. Smyth, for Plaintiff.
Every ground for the writ exists. (3 Bl. Com. 112; State v. Com. of Ronds, 12 Am. Dec. 596, and note.) The Court acted judicially. (Kanouse v. Martin, 15 How. 198; Francisco v. M. I. Co. 36 Cal. 286.) There is no other plain, speedy, and adequate remedy. (Fremont v. Crippen, 10 Cal. 215; affirmed in Babcock v. Goodrich, 47 id. 508.) No appeal lies. (Brooks v. Calderwood, 19 Cal. 125; Francisco v. M. I. Co., cited supra.)
Prohibition does not lie from the Federal Courts. (High. Ex. Rem. § 787; In re Bininger, 7 Blatchf. 159.)
Mandamus does not lie from the Federal Courts. (McIntire v. Wood, 7 Cranch, 504; Bath Co. v. Amy, 13 Wall. 241; U. S. Rev. Stat. § 639; In re Cromie, 2 Biss. 160.) Nor from this Court. (Francisco v. M. I. Co. cited supra.)
Certiorari does not lie from the Federal Courts. (U. S. Bev. Stat. § 645; Dillon on Removal, etc. 44 N. Y. 56.) Nor from this Court. (People v. Co. Judge, 40 Cal. 480.)
Injunction does not lie from the Federal Courts. (U. S. Rev. Stat. § 720; Diggs v. Wolcott, 4 Cranch, 179.) Nor from the State Courts; as this Court has no jurisdiction to issue it, and one Superior Court cannot enj oin proceedings of another. ( Uhlf elder v. Levy, 9 Cal. 607.)
Further proceedings of the Court below, after the petitioner has taken proper proceedings for the removal of the case, are without and in excess of the jurisdiction of the Court. (Gordon v. Longest, 16 Peters, 97; Kanouse v. Martin, 15 How. 198; Insurance Co. v. Dunn, 19 Wall. 223; Hatch v. Chicago etc. R. R. Co. 6 Blatchf. 117; Fisk v. Union Pacific R. R. Co. id. 362; S. C. 8 Blatchf. 243; Matthews v. Lyall, 6 McLean, 13; Webster v. Crothers, 1 Dill. 300; Cobb v. G. etc. Co. 6 Reporter, 515; Arthur v. N. E. etc. Co. 7 id. 329; Taylor v. Rockafeller, 6 id. 226; Stoker v. Leavenworth, 7 La. 394; Oakey v. C. & R. R. Bank, 14 id. 515; Franciseus v. Surget, 6 Rob. 33; Rosenfield v. Adams Express Co. 21 La. An. 233; State v. Judges, 23 id. 29 ; Sneed v. Brownlow, 4 Cold. 253; Williams v. Atkins, 6 Cold. 615; Stewart v. Mordecai, 40 Ga. 1; Livermore v. Jenks, 11 How. Pr. 479; Steven v. P. Ins. Co. 41 N. Y. 154; Bell v. Dix, 49 N. Y. 238; Shaft v. P. M. Ins. Co. 67 N. Y. 544; Mix v. Andes etc. Co. 6 Reporter 373; Edwards v. Ward, 2 Bush, 607; Stanley v. C. & R. I. R. R. Co. 62 Mo. 508; Berry v. C. & R. R. R. R. Co. 64 id. 534; The Two Orphans, 2 Cent. L. J. 730.)
The action being on a joint and several obligation, neither defendant is a-necessary party as to the other. (Code Civ. Proc. §§ 383, 414; Kelley v. Bandini, 50 Cal. 530.) The petitioner was, therefore, entitled to a removal. (U. S. Rev. Stat. § 639; Sands v. Smith, 1 Dill. 290; Wormser v. Dahlman, 7 Reporter, 740; Goodenough v. Warren, 3 Pac. C. L. J. 255; Gibbon v. Sheehy, 5 Pac. C. L. J. 633.) There can be no traverse of the fact alleged in the petition for removal (Rosenfeld v. Adams, 21 La. An. 233; Stewart v. Mordecai, 40 Ga. 1); nor was any attempt made to deny them.
No brief on file for Defendant.

Opinion:
The Court :
In this cause no answer has been filed by the respondent, nor was there any appearance on his behalf at the hearing. We have examined the case, and think the petitioner entitled to the writ prayed for.
Let the peremptory writ issue.