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212 Minn. 519

4 N.W.2d 348

State Ex Rel. Gresham v. Delaney

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 29, 1942

Supreme Court of Minnesota · decided 1942-05-29

Relies on Security State Bank v. Brecht · Brown v. Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Co. · Lockwood v. Bock

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Decided 1942-05-29

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Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently November 1995

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Per Curiam.

¶1 Denied a jury trial by respondent, a justice of the peace, appellant brought mandamus to compel its allowance, asserting that *520 all statutory precedents to a jury trial had been fulfilled. Upon the return day, the trial judge granted respondent’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, denied a similar motion of appellant, and dismissed the alternative writ. The basis was that respondent’s decision, being a judicial judgment, could not be questioned in a mandamus proceeding, but was open to attack only by appeal to the municipal court, where the alleged error could be reviewed. A motion to vacate this order was denied in a subsequent order, which also contained a clause quashing and dismissing the alternative writ.

¶2 The appeal must be dismissed. The first order made in this proceeding granted respondent’s and denied appellant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissed the alternative writ of mandamus. Such order is not appealable. State ex rel. Quale v. Penney, 144 Minn. 463, 174 N. W. 611. Ordinarily, an order denying a motion to vacate a nonappealable order does not acquire an appealable status. Brown v. Minnesota Thresher Mfg. Co. 44 Minn. 322, 46 N. W. 560; see Security State Bank v. Brecht, 150 Minn. 502, 504, 185 N. W. 1021. An order refusing to vacate an order granting judgment on the pleadings is within the general rule. Lockwood v. Bock, 46 Minn. 73, 48 N. W. 458.

¶3 Appeal dismissed.

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