State ex rel. Dunterman v. Gaslin

This is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, as judge of the eighth judicial district, to sign a bill of exceptions in a cause tried in the district court of Adams county before a referee.

It appears from the record before us that on the 20th day of May, 1889, there was pending in the district court of Adams county the case of Joseph Story v. John H. Dunterman, and on said date, by the agreement of the parties, the court appointed W. L. Marshall, Esq., sole referee to take the testimony, in said cause and report his findings of facts and conclusions of law thereon.…