Wendel, County Treas. v. Hughes

OPINION

BY THE COURT:

In this case an affidavit of bias and prejudice on the part of the judge was filed on June 26th, 1939. It was prepared and filed by Mary M. Hughes, a litigant, without the assistance of counsel, and is very informal. However, it does allege that the judge was prejudiced against her and had already indicated the decision he would render in the case against her. We are not now concerned with the truth of the averments of the affidavit.

No praecipe was filed with the affidavit and the clerk did not notify the Chief Justice of its filing.

With this affidavit on file and the…