People ex rel. Denison v. Butler

This is an original application for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent Calvin P. Butler, as one of the judges of the district court of the second judicial district, to entertain and determine plaintiff’s motion for a temporary writ of injunction in a cause now pending in said court wherein the petitioner here is the plaintiff there. The respondents have demurred to the petition upon the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to entitle the petitioner to the relief asked.

The object of the action in the district court was to cancel and annul a contract for grading and paving…