State Ex Rel. Appleman v. Lake Circuit Court

This is an original action for a writ of prohibition. We issued a temporary writ prohibiting the Lake Circuit Court and a special judge thereof in Cause No. 35546 entitled Joseph Engelcoff v. Lester Appleman from exercising further jurisdiction therein until further order.

In 1937 George Engelcoff and Lester Appleman entered into a partnership for the business of selling at wholesale and retail petroleum products under the firm name of Preferred Oil Company. On June 7, 1952, the relator Appleman commenced an action in the Lake Circuit Court against his partner George Engelcoff for the specific…