Territory of Dakota ex rel. Travelers' Ins. v. Judge of the District Court of the Third Judicial District

This is an application to this court for a-writ of mandamus, made upon the usual notice, wherein it is sought to compel the defendant to take cognizance of a certain action brought in the district court in and for Cass county. The demand for relief by. the plaintiff is for the foreclosure of real property situate in La Moure county, in the Sixth judicial district. The plaintiff applied to the judge of the court below, upon proper proofs of default by the defendant in the action, and of its right to recover, but judgment was denied, pro forma, upon the ground that the foreclosure proceedings…