State ex rel. Stewart v. Reid

The judge of the district court in and for the parish of Calcasieu referred the question of his recusation to Hon. J. B. Lee, judge of an adjoining district. Relator applied for a writ of mandamus to compel Judge Lee to set down the motion to recuse Judge Miller for a hearing, and to proceed to try and dispose of said motion within a delay to be fixed by this court.

The respondent judge has filed a lengthy answer, verified by his affidavit, to the rule nisi, in which he sets forth the facts and circumstances which have prevented him from hitherto trying said motion of recusation. We make the…