Doyle

From the petition herein it appears that heretofore, to wit, on June 4, 1929, pursuant to an application filed by Turner Oil Company, a corporation, in the Superior Court in the County of Los Angeles, for an order to perpetuate the testimony of each of four persons named in such application, four several orders were issued by said court by which each of said persons was directed to appear at a designated time and place for the purpose of giving his deposition; that following service of such order upon each of such persons, each of them duly appeared as directed in the order, ]jut refused to give any testimony. Thereafter, in due course and because of such refusal to give his testimony as directed, each of such persons was ordered by the said Superior Court to appear before it on a specified date to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of said court. Thereupon, the persons so cited for contempt, claiming that the application for the order to perpetuate their testimony was so lacking in essential allegations that it constituted no foundation for either or any of the several orders made by the Superior Court in the matter, applied to this court for a writ of review,…