State ex rel. Morrison v. Clark
Nebraska Supreme Court
Original application for a writ of mandamus. An appeal is a valuable right, and being in furtherance of justice, the laws relating to it are to be liberally construed, and it devolves upon the justice, by the prompt performance of his duty, to aid in perfecting such appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
An alternative writ of mandamus was issued in this case, requiring the defendant, who is a justice of the peace, to approve a certain appeal bond in an action tried before him, or show cause why he refuses to do so. To this writ the defendant made return, as follows: “ In answer to the petition filed herein, and in return to the alternative writ of mandamus issued in the above entitled cause, says: That he admits that, on the 23d day of January, 1888, one *319Elizabeth Tomiskey recovered a judgment before this defendant, as justice of the peace in and for Buffalo county, against the said relator…
2Cited by3 opinions
- McKinley & Lanning v. ChapmanNebraska Supreme Court · 1893
- State ex rel. Rickgauer v. KlokeNebraska Supreme Court · 1907
- United States ex rel. Beal v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1899