Derr v. Busick

An application was made to the supreme court for a writ of mandate commanding respondent, as judge of the superior court of Sacramento County, “to settle and certify the bill of exceptions in the said case of John O. Derr, plaintiff, vs. Charles F. Silva, defendant, tried in the Superior Court and now pending on appeal in this Court, or that said judge show cause before this Honorable Court on a day to be fixed therefor, why he has not settled and certified said bill of exceptions as by law provided. ’ ’ An alternative writ was issued by the supreme court and made returnable before this…