State ex rel. Cochran v. Hopewell

This is an original application for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to sign a bill of exceptions in the case of Thomas Hines against the relators and others, which was tried before respondent in the Douglas county district court. The action above mentioned was to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. Affidavits were filed to the effect that the cause was tried at the May, 1891, term of said •court, and the decision was orally announced in open court in the. presence of the parties on the 8 th day of August, 1891, the same being a day in said May term of court; that on the same day a draft…