Lanford v. Bishop

This is an original application by the relator, Fred Lanford, Jr., for á writ of mandamus, requiring the respondent, the Honorable Henry S. Bishop, District Judge of the 47th Judicial District, to' fix the amount of a supersedeas bond in the case of Myrtle Ruth Carruth et vir. v. Fred Lanford, Jr., et al., No. 17942-A, in which final judgment was entered by the trial court on October 26, 1944, and to which judgment the relator excepted and gave notice of appeal to this Court.

On February 1, 1944, Myrtle Ruth Carruth and her present husband, as plaintiffs, instituted an action in the 47th…