Little

Under rule 62 of the California Rules of Court, we here review a municipal court’s order (1) denying a motion to certify a class while (2) simultaneously vacating the unlawful detainer judgments entered by stipulation as to the named individual defendants. Appellants Jesus Martinez and Raymundo Sanchez challenge the former aspect of this order while respondent and cross-appellant William Little challenges the latter.

*504 Appellants assert that respondent “owns hundreds of residential properties in low income areas of Los Angeles. As a landlord, he makes frequent appearances in the unlawful detainer division of the Los Angeles Municipal Court. In fact, a recent examination of the court’s records revealed that during the sixteen month period between December 1, 1981 and March 17, 1983 William Little filed approximately 264 unlawful detainer actions in the Los Angeles Municipal Court.”

Appellants further asserted, and respondent apparently conceded, that respondent in some unspecified fashion had been able to have documents prepared that resembled official court forms and which were captioned “Stipulation for Judgment Unlawful Detainer.” (See appen. A, post, pp.…