State ex rel. Swan v. Superior Court

Mount, J.—

This is an application for a writ of mandate to require the judge of the superior court of Clarke county to vacate certain orders changing the venue in three cases from Clarke county to Cowlitz county for trial.

It appears that the relator is an attorney of record in three cases which were pending in Clarke county. He filed affidavits therein to the effect that the trial judge of Clarke county was prejudiced against him, and that he could not obtain a fair trial therein. There was no showing that the convenience of witnesses required the trial of the cases in Clarke county.

After the…