State Ex Rel. Shepherd v. Nichols, Judge

On August 12, 1941, the relatrix, Barbara Marie Shepherd, filed in this court her petition for a writ of mandate and prohibition against the respondent Harry E. Nichols, Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court. An alternative writ was issued.

On August 22, the respondent filed his response and a petition to strike out and dissolve a certain part of the order. From the petition and response it is made to appear that on July 26, 1941, one Earl W. Shepherd filed an action for divorce against Barbara M. Shepherd in the Jefferson Circuit Court of which the respondent Harry E. Nichols is the sole…