In Re Eleanor Ny

Preliminarily we must decide the question whether this court has acquired jurisdiction to act upon the appeal herein. This question arises from the following circumstances. It is the uniform and long-established practice of this court to meet in conference at least once each week to discuss and consider whether to grant or deny petitions for hearing after decision in the District Courts of Appeal, petitions for rehearing, and petitions in original proceedings. However, if one of the justices for any reason cannot attend a particular conference, such justice not infrequently affixes his signature to orders granting such petitions as he may determine should be granted, either in advance of or following the conference which he is unable to attend. In this respect our practice follows the same pattern as that followed by this court in 1910 as explained in the statement of the court found in People v. Ruef, 14 Cal. App. 576, 621-623 [114 P. 48, 54].