Stenstrom v. Harnett

This is an application for a peremptory order of mandamus directing the Commissioner of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to furnish the petitioner with copies of accident reports referring to a collision of motor vehicles.

The reports in question relate to an accident in which petitioner’s intestate met his death. The petitioner, as administratrix, has commenced an action to recover damages for the death of her intestate, and this action is now pending undetermined.

The petitioner requested copies of the reports, but the Commissioner refused to furnish them on the ground that they were treated as…