People Ex Rel. Lax v. Ehler

John F. Lax, relator, filed a petition in this court for a writ of mandamus against Theodore F. Ehler, one of the judges of the municipal court of Chicago, commanding him to expunge an order vacating a judgment. The petition recites that the cause of Lax vs. Johnson et al. No. 2029941, was instituted in the municipal court on August 1, 1930; that all defendants were defaulted October 9, 1930, for failure to file affidavits of merit; that on November 6, 1930, the defaults were set aside; that on May 17, 1932, the cause was again reached, and after an ex parte trial by the court judgment was…