Ex Parte Parsons Ala. Pine Const. Corp.

This petition for a writ of mandamus relates to an action pending in the Jefferson County Circuit Court. The petition presents two questions: first, whether Jefferson County is a proper venue for an action involving claims arising out of a construction project at a wood pulp processing plant in Monroe County; and second, whether the pendency of a prior declaratory judgment action in Monroe County involving the same parties in the Jefferson County action requires that this Jefferson County action be dismissed. The petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus directing the Jefferson Circuit Court to…