State ex rel. Tracy v. Taaffe

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding a writ of peremptory mandamus against the defendant, commanding him to deliver all the books, papers, etc., appertaining to the office of justice of the peace of the fifth district of the city of St. Louis, in his possession, to the relator, who is register of the city of St. Louis.

The judgment was made upon petition, writ4 and return, and can not stand unless supported by the allegations of the writ, and admissions of the return.

The writ states, that the relator is register of the city of St. Louis, and that the defendant is one of three justices of…