State Ex Rel. Cavitt v. Superior Court

— The relator, Arthur Cavitt, made application to this court for a writ of mandate to compel the respondent, judge of the superior court for Clark county, to forthwith sign a final decree in a divorce action pending in that court. An alternative writ having first been issued, the matter is now before us for determination upon the argument of counsel and the record as here presented.

The facts, which are not in dispute, are these: The relator, who, for convenience’s sake, will hereinafter be referred to as “plaintiff,” began an action for divorce against Lucia F. Cavitt, his wife, in Clark…