State Ex Rel. Denson v. Howze

Petition for mandamus originally before Hon. Richard V. Evans, Judge of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, to compel Hon. Henry R. Howze, as Judge of the Probate Court of said County, to allow relator, W. A. Denson, to intervene as a party to certain eminent domain proceedings pending in said Probate Court.

The case is here on appeal from the judgment of said Circuit Court sustaining respondent Judge's demurrers to the petition and his motion to strike certain amendments to the petition subsequently filed.

The sufficiency of the petition may be tested by appropriate demurrer and when so it…