State ex rel. Gilreath v. District Court of First Judicial Dist.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIR:

We dissent.

Here, following a lengthy hard fought jury trial and the entry *435of a judgment on the verdict, four separate district court judges were either disqualified, deemed themselves disqualified, declined to assume jurisdiction, or voluntarily -withdrew from the case while plaintiff’s timely notice of intention to move for a new trial was pending.

At long last Judge R. M. Hattersley was prevailed upon to come from his own district and to assume jurisdiction, hear and decide plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.

It required close application for this fifth judge to…