McRae v. Padgett

Hunstein, Chief Justice.

Appellant Margie McRae filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel a magistrate judge to issue arrest warrants against John Gore, whom she had hired to make various improvements to real property, and another individual. In applying for the warrants, McRae alleged that she had hired Gore and advanced several thousand dollars to him for construction materials; that, although Gore procured materials for the job, he failed to pay the supply companies, which then recorded materialman’s liens against McRae’s property; and that Gore had also failed to complete the…