People ex rel. Stenstrom v. Harnett

The mandamus order directed the appellant, Charles A. Harnett, Commissioner of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, to permit the relator, or her attorney, to inspect all the reports in his possession regarding a certain automobile accident in which Edward S. Stenstrom was killed January 21, 1926; also to furnish transcripts of said reports on payment of the fees allowed.

As was the practice in the Bureau,the Commissioner had replied to relator’s request for leave to inspect the reports and for transcripts, asked by letter, informing her of the time, date and place of the accident; the names and…