National Mut. Savings & Loan Ass'n v. McGhee

SADLER, Justice.

Relator seeks by invoking our original jurisdiction in mandamus to compel respondent, as judge-of the district court of the Fifth judicial district, sitting in Lea county, to assume jurisdiction to act upon relator’s motion for an extension of time within which to settle a bill of exceptions and perfect an appeal to this court from a judgment of said district court theretofore rendered against it. Right to the relief prayed is based upon facts to follow.

The judgment was rendered on June 1st, appeal granted June 19th, praecipe for record on appeal filed July 18th, and extension…