State Ex Rel. Everett v. Sanders

Petitioners filed an original preceeding in mandamus to compel a circuit judge to enter a judgment against four defaulting defendants in a suit in which petitioners were plaintiffs. The judge filed a return to an alternative writ, contending that the facts stated in the writ are insufficient to justify the relief requested.

Petitioners initially filed a suit to remove the liens of certain judgments from their real property. The defendants are six creditors who hold separate judgments which are liens on the property. Four defendants made no appearance; two filed demurrers alleging that the…