Case Name: WALTER A. LEWIS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1918-07-01
Citations: 178 Cal. 811
Docket Number: L. A. No. 5489
Parties: WALTER A. LEWIS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 178
Pages: 811–812

Head Matter:
[L. A. No. 5489.
In Bank.
July 1, 1918.]
WALTER A. LEWIS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents.
Office and Officers—Misconduct in Office—Removal Proceedings— Los Angeles County Charter.—Alternative writ of prohibition discharged and proceeding dismissed on the authority of Sunt v. Superior Court, ante, p. 470.
APPLICATION for a Writ of Prohibition to be directed to the Superior Court of Los Angeles County and to Curtis D. Wilbur, Judge thereof.
The facts are similar to those stated in the opinion of the court in Hunt v, Superior Court, ante, p. 470, [173 Pac. 1097]. ,
Edwin A. Meserve, and Shirley E. Meserve, for Petitioner.
Thomas Lee Woolwine, District Attorney, and Geo. E. Cryer, Chief Deputy District Attorney, for Respondents.

Opinion:
The COURT.
This proceeding is in all material respects the same as Hunt v. Superior Court, ante, p. 470; [173 Pac. 1097], the petitioner herein being the auditor of Los Angeles County.
For the reasons given in the opinion filed in the Hunt case, the proceeding must be dismissed.
The alternative writ of prohibition heretofore issued herein is discharged and the proceeding dismissed.