Legal Opinion

Lindsey v. Carlton

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 15, 1908No. 5447; No. 3116 C. APublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver. Hon. John I. Mullins, Judge. Petition by Frank Carlton for writ of man-damns against Ben B. Lindsey, as county judge. From a judgment granting an alternative writ, respondent brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Maxwell

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:

Defendant in error bere (plaintiff below) filed bis verified petition in tbe court below, praying for a writ of, mandamus to compel tbe county court 'to comply with a decree rendered by tbe district court in tbe certiorari proceedings in Carlton v. Carlton, ante, p. 27.

Tbe petition set forth substantially tbe same facts as those set forth in tbe petition for a writ of *44certiorari in Carlton v. Carlton, and also alleged the rendition of the judgment, and decree in that proceeding, and the failure and refusal of the county court to obey the judgment of the…

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