Ex Parte Lamb

Petition for a writ of mandamus to the Honorable William P. Powers, Judge of the Twenty-Ninth Judicial Circuit (Talladega County), filed by Terry Lamb, to require Judge Powers to recognize a plea to the venue in an action filed in Talladega County.

The petition arose out of an action filed by Michael W. Tighe, Executor of the Estate of Roy O. Darby, Sr., deceased. Darby died in Columbia, South Carolina on February 28, 1978. On July 18, 1980 Darby's executor filed an action in Talladega County against Terry Lamb. That action contained seven counts. Count One alleged that Darby had purchased a…