St. Clair v. Bullock

The petitioner in this original proceeding seeks a writ of mandate to compel the respondent Judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County to settle a proposed bill of exceptions which was presented in connection with her appeal from an order made after final judgment in a divorce action. The judge refused to settle the bill and, upon motion of the defendant, made an order striking it from the files.

In 1934, Cordelia St. Clair sued her husband for divorce and thereafter secured a final decree in her favor which ordered the defendant to pay to her “as and for alimony and for the support and…