State ex rel. Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. v. Pike Circuit Court

This is an original action filed in this court by Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, hereinafter designated as SIGECO, against the Pike Circuit Court and the Hon. Lester Nixon as Judge thereof. The petition seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain the Pike Circuit Court from proceeding further in an alleged attempt to control and decide a cause of action over which another court in Indiana is claimed to have acquired exclusive jurisdiction. Respondents were ordered to show cause why the writ should not be granted. An answer in response has been placed on file by respondents.

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