Petersen v. Lyders

THE COURT.

Upon petition it was ordered that a writ of

supersedeas

issue in the above matter and that appellant present to the presiding judge of the Superior Court in and for the City and County of San Francisco for approval as to their sufficiency a bond or bonds to stay execution. Bonds were presented to said presiding judge and were by him approved and filed in that court.

Plaintiffs contend that the bonds were improperly filed. They have also filed exceptions m this court to the sufficiency of the sureties, and have asked for an order setting aside the order of said judge of the superior court approving the bonds and justifying the sureties.

While it is the function of the trial court to fix the amount of appeal bonds and pass upon the sufficiency of the sureties

(Jameson

v.

Chanslor etc. Oil Co.,

173 Cal. 612 [160 Pac. 1066];

Messenkop

v.

Duffield,

211 Cal. 222 [294 Pac. 715]), nevertheless the appellate court has power to restrain the enforcement of judgments upon the filing of proper undertakings therein, where, by reason of the insufficiency of the undertaking filed in the court below, a statutory

supersedeas

has not been created.

(Messenkop

v.

Duffield, supra; Segarini

v.

Bargagliotti,

193 Cal. 538 [226 Pac. 2].) As shown by the above and the following eases the practice of filing such bonds in the appellate court seems well settled

(Nonpareil Mfg. Co.

v.

McCartney,

143 Cal. 1 [76 Pac. 653];