Gubin
Gubin v. Superior Court
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Conrey, J.
The petitioners have made application to this court for a writ of prohibition to prevent respondents from enforcing an order which requires the petitioners to open, for inspection of their contents, certain safety deposit boxes. The proceedings in question have occurred in an action wherein Rhonie Gubin seeks to obtain a divorce from the defendant Frank Gubin. Oscar Gubin and Bertha Gubin are co-defendants of Frank Gubin in that action. Oscar is a brother of Frank and Oscar’s wife Bertha is a sister of the plaintiff Rhonie Gubin. It is alleged in the complaint that a large amount of community property of plaintiff and her husband is held in the names of Oscar and Bertha Gubin, who are made defendants in order to obtain a complete adjudication of the plaintiff’s alleged rights in said community property.
In said divorce action an order was made on August 9, 1929, requiring defendant Frank Gubin to make certain payments as alimony and attorney fees. The order was made pursuant to a stipulation. Thereafter the defendants, pursuant to notice given, moved the court to vacate said order of August 9th on the ground that the stipulation had been obtained by misrepresentation, fraud and…