State ex rel. Farmers Mutual Insurance v. Colby

This is an original proceeding in this court to obtain a writ of mandamus commanding Leonard W. Colby, judge of the district court for Gage county, to extend the time for settling a bill of exceptions in the case of Farmers Mutual Insurance Company v. Nellie Gumaer, Mary Gumaer, and George Lippold, for- an additional 40 days.

The facts seem to be that a default judgment was rendered on May 28, 1921, in said case against the insurance company on cross-petitions, in the absence of plaintiff’s attorneys, and without notice to them of the date the case would be tried. A motion for a new trial was…