Borden v. Miles

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.;

This was a proceeding in mandamus in the district court of Montgomery county to compel the defendant as justice of the peace to grant to Lewis Borden, plaintiff herein, a change of venue as directed by statute.

' The controlling facts were these: The defendant, S. P. Miles, was & justice of the peace in the city of Independence. On April 29, 1929, Orville Roberts filed an action against Lewis Borden and Alice Attaway in the justice court of this defendant. The bill of particulars set out nine causes of action based on certain promissory notes…