State Ex Rel. Mercer v. District Court

This matter comes before us on mandamus to determine the venue of two actions brought against the relators in the district court of St. Louis county, removed on demand to Hennepin county, and by the district court remanded to St. Louis county for trial.

The actions were brought in the usual form to determine adverse claims, and the cloud upon the title sought to be removed is a notice by the relators of a claim of attorneys’ lien under a contract Avith the plaintiffs, owners of the land Avhich is the subject of the suit, by Avhich the relators claim ten per cent of the proceeds of these tracts…