Wong Kee v. Lillis
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fourth Judicial District Court, Clark County; E. J. L. Taber, Judge. Application by Wong Kee for writ of certiorari against H. M. Lillis, as Justice of the Peace. From an order denying the writ, the petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
McCarran, J.:
This is an appeal from an order of the district court of the Fourth judicial district denying petitioner’s application for a writ of certiorari to review a judgment entered by respondent as justice of the peace of Las Vegas township against petitioner and in favor of Antonio Mendez, plaintiff in the justice court, in the case of Mendez v. *6Wong Kee. In the court below petitioner prayed that a writ of certiorari be issued and directed to the justice of the peace commanding him to transfer to the clerk of the district court a transcript of the proceedings had in that…
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