State Ex Rel. Gladden v. Lonergan

This is an original proceeding in mandamus, instituted by the state of Oregon, ex rel. Clarence T. Gladden, as warden of the Oregon State Penitentiary, as plaintiff, against Frank J. Lonergan and Lowell Mundorff, as judges of the circuit court of the state of Oregon for Multnomah county, as defendants, to compel said defendants to vacate certain orders heretofore made by them. The matter is now before us upon defendants’ general demurrer to the alternative writ of mandamus.

From the allegations of the writ it is made to appear that on February 23,1954, defendant Lowell Mundorff, as judge of…