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Show 1ILL IffllR COMPUTES Credit Men Rring Suit to Compel Com-pel Officials to Pinter Default De-fault Judgments. ACTION IS RESULT OF1 JUDGE BOWMAN'S ORDER Claim Made Law Is Unconstitu-' Unconstitu-' tional, and It Will Be Tested. Following City Civil Judge J. M. Bowman's Bow-man's recent order that the clerk of his court nor the deputies must not enter default judgments in suits arising on contracts for I ho recovery of money or damagcB, tho Utah Association of Credit Men, through Its attorneys, Stephens, Smith is Porter, announced Monday that it will bring mandamus proceedings against the city civil courl, Including the Judge, Benjamin S. Rives, city recorder, who is ex-officlo cleric, and the three deputies of tho court, lo test, tho law on the subject. Befuso to Enter Judgment. The announcement of the institution of mandamus proceedings follows the refusal re-fusal by the court's deputies Monday to enter default Judgments in the suits of tho Utah Association of Credit Men against A. L, Ball and Mrs. Olive Du-rand. Du-rand. These suits are on assigned accounts ac-counts for small amount?. The law on the subject says that tho clerk or the court's deputies shall enter such Judgments, but some of the attorneys at-torneys of the city hold that the law Is unconstitutional In that it conrerB upon up-on the clerk or the deputies Judiciary powers thnt belong solely wttn the courts under tlie constitution. The outcome of the caso will be awaited with deep Interest, In-terest, ns Judge Bowman's oraor Involves a precedent In this state. |