State Ex Rel. Avalon Apartments Co. v. Sammons

From the verified pleadings in this case it appears that receivership proceedings pending before respondent George F. Sammons as special judge had reached the stage when allowance of fees to the receiver and his counsel was soon to be expected. The relator corporation, for whom the receiver had been appointed, by its attorney attempted to forestall any action thereon by the special judge by filing, in his absence and without his knowledge, change of venue affidavit designed to remove the entire receivership from his jurisdiction because of bias and prejudice against relator. The clerk of the…