Legal Opinion

Ashton-Jenkins Co. v. Bramel

Utah Supreme Court

Decided July 27, 1920No. 3493PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Mandamus by the Ashton-Jenkins Company against Wm. E. Bramel, as judge of the district court of Salt Lake county.

1Opinion of the CourtThurman, J.

This is an application for a writ of mandate to compel the defendant, as judge of the district court of Salt Lake county, to direct the clerk of said court, as registrar-, to issue to plaintiff a certificate of title under the provisions of the “Uniform Land Registration Act,” commonly called the “Torrens Law. ’ ’

Defendant demurs to the complaint on the grounds that the act in question is obnoxious to the provisions of both the federal and state Constitutions, which prohibit the taking of property without due process of law, and also violates other provisions of the state Constitution in…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Arndt v. GriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Tyler v. Judges of Court of RegistrationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
  3. Hamilton v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Wheeler v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. The Title & Document Restoration Co. v. KerriganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. McDaniel v. McElvySupreme Court of Florida · 1926
  2. Parkinson v. WatsonUtah Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Holloway Et Ux v. WetzelUtah Supreme Court · 1935
  4. Jones v. York CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
  5. McFadin v. SimmsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1925

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