Ex parte Hanna

MERRILL, Justice.

This is a petition for mandamus to respondent directing that he show cause why he should not vacate the decree of the circuit court which overruled petitioner’s motion to stay the taking of petitioner’s deposition in the cause of Rainey v. Turner, Hawkins and Hanna, a suit in equity for an accounting and settlement of an alleged partnership.

The deposition is sought under the provisions of Act No. 503, Acts of Alabama 1957, p. 690. This act purports to make Act. No. 375, Acts of Alabama 1955, p. 901, applicable to cases in equity in all counties having a population of more…