Jacobs v. Ellett

LARSON, Chief Justice..

Petition for peremptory writ of mandamus directing Hon. A. H. Ellett, Judge of the District Court of Salt Lake County, to enter the default of the defendant in the case of Merle Jacobs v. James R. Jacobs, designated as case No. 74162 in the District Court of Salt Lake County, State of Utah.

The facts as agreed and stipulated by the parties to this action are as follows: James R. Jacobs and Merle Jacobs are husband and wife whose ship of domesticity has been floundering in a troubled sea; that said James R. Jacobs is in the United States armed forces outside continental…