State ex rel. Clay County Abstract Co. v. McCubrey
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Alternative writ of mandamus issued on relation of Clay County Abstract Company from the district court for Clay county, directed to G. D. McCubrey, the clerk thereof, requiring him to show cause why he should not permit relator, for the purpose of certifying abstracts of title, to have free access to the judgment docket and other public records in respondent’s office.
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Alternative writ of mandamus issued on relation of Clay County Abstract Company from the district court for Clay county, directed to G. D. McCubrey, the clerk thereof, requiring him to show cause why he should not permit relator, for the purpose of certifying abstracts of title, to have free access to the judgment docket and other public records in respondent’s office. From an order, Baxter, J., discharging the alternative writ and refusing a peremptory writ, relator appealed. ’
1Opinion of the Court
brown; J.
Proceeding by mandamus to compel the respondent, clerk of the district court of Clay county, to permit the relator, its agents and clerks, to examine and inspect the books and records in his office. Bespondent had judgment in the court below, and relator appealed.
The facts are not in dispute, and are as follows; The relator is a corporation engaged in preparing and furnishing to its patrons and clients, for hire, abstracts of title to tracts of land within the county of Clay. In conducting such business it is necessary that, from time to time, .its agents and Officers have access to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Cole v. RachacSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Cormack v. WolcottSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887
- Belt v. Prince George's County Abstract Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1890
3Cited by5 opinions
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- State ex rel. Board of County Commissioners v. McKellarSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Logan v. Mississippi Abstract Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1941
- Atlanta Title & Trust Co. v. TidwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
- Van Dyke v. ScowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904