State Ex Rel. Eden v. District Court

The petitioner, Carl F. Eden, here seeks a writ restraining the defendant district judge from proceeding with the trial of the cause wherein Frank Cassels is plaintiff and Andrew O'Connell and A. Grorud are defendants, now pending and at issue in the District Court of Jefferson County, Montana. The petitioner intervened in the district court action. An alternative writ issued. The defendants are represented here by counsel for the plaintiff in the district court action and appeared by motion to quash and by answer. A somewhat lengthy recital of the facts is essential here to a proper…