State Ex Rel. Petro v. District Court of Sheridan County

The relator-Valentine Petro and his attorneys, E. E. Lonabaugh and Bruce P. Badiey, have filed a petition seeking a writ of mandamus against the Honorable John P. Ilsley, Judge of the District Court in Sheridan County.

It is alleged that, in a certain civil action pending in Judge Ilsley’s court, Valentine Petro, as one of the parties thereto, filed a proper affidavit for change of judge on December 6, 1963; that Judge Ilsley has not called on some other judge of the state to preside in the trial of the case, as required by § 1-53, W.S.1957; and more than ten days have elapsed since the filing…