Raley v. Sweeney

JAMES, Chief Justice.

This was an application for mandamus to compel a justice of the peace to issue execution on an alleged judgment. The facts and the district judge’s conclusion are as follows:

“On July 11, 1900, James Raley obtained judgment against Mrs. A. M. Mathews in the defendant’s court, after service, appearance, and trial,—said cause being tried before' the defendant without a jury,-—in the sum of $46.20, and that said judgment was presented to the clerk of the said justice on the morning of July 12, 1900, and was on said morning, without having been submitted to or approved by the…