State ex rel. Williams v. Shaughnessy

The petitioner was entitled to' relief in the municipal court, only if he had a right to have portions of the grand jury report expunged from the court files. The right which he thus sought to protect was a substantial right. The remedy to which he resorted to protect that right was a special proceeding as defined in secs. 260.02 to 260.04, Stats. The final order of the court denying the relief which the petitioner sought was “a final order affecting a substantial right made in a special proceeding.” Consequently, the order was appealable (sec. 274.33 (2), Stats.), and an appeal to this court…