State ex rel. Morton v. Dickinson

This is an original application for a writ of mandamus to require the respondent, one of the judges of the district court of Douglas county, to settle, allow, and sign a bill of exceptions. The case of the Western Seed & Irrigation Co. against Robert B. Morton and others was tried before the respondent during the September, 1897, term of said court and resulted in a verdict for defendants. The plaintiff moved for a new trial, and its motion was *252sustained on January 6, 1898. On the 15th of the same month the September term was adjourned sine die. A second'trial of the action, at the May, 1898,…