State Ex Rel. Ormsby v. District Court of Second Judicial District

OPINION

By the Court,

Sanders, J.:

Upon the verified petition of Emmet E. Ormsby, a writ of mandamus issued out of this court commanding the respondent court and the judge thereof to proceed to hear and determine the divorce action of Emmet E. Ormsby, plaintiff, .against Mary Hill Ormsby, defendant, pending therein, or that in default thereof the respondents show cause why they had not done so on the date specified in the writ.

The respondents, in due time, interposed a general demurrer to the petition for the writ, the validity or invalidity of which depends upon the following facts: The…