Van Dyke v. Scow
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Alternative writ of mandamus issued from the district court for Todd county, upon relation of H. R. Van Dyke and another, commanding defendant as clerk of said court to certify and deliver to relators transcripts of certain judgments docketed in defendant’s office. From a judgment dismissing the writ entered pursuant to the findings and order of Searle, J., relators appealed. The judgment docketed is a public record and a judicial record. 20 Am. & Eng. Enc.
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Alternative writ of mandamus issued from the district court for Todd county, upon relation of H. R. Van Dyke and another, commanding defendant as clerk of said court to certify and deliver to relators transcripts of certain judgments docketed in defendant’s office. From a judgment dismissing the writ entered pursuant to the findings and order of Searle, J., relators appealed. The judgment docketed is a public record and a judicial record. 20 Am. & Eng. Enc. (1st Ed.) 505, 508; 24 Am. & Eng. Enc. (2d Ed.) 169, and cases cited; Rockwood v. Davenport, 37 Minn. 533; Brown v. Hathaway, 10 Minn.…
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
Mandamus to compel the clerk of the district court of Todd county to certify and deliver to the relators a transcript of certain judgments of record in his office. From the judgment of the district court dismissing said writ, relators appeal.
Appellants are the owners of abstract books and engaged in preparing abstracts of title to real estate in Todd county. On January 27, 1904, they tendered to the respondent, as clerk of the district court, the sum of four dollars, and requested him to prepare and furnish a certified transcript of the docket entries of all judgments and satisfactions *13of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State ex rel. Clay County Abstract Co. v. McCubreySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Church v. St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885