Ex Parte Sierra Development, Inc.

Sierra Development, Inc., filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County against Stephanie A. McAvoy and Ashville Savings Bank, alleging fraud and conversion relating to checks that had been taken from Sierra Development by Ms. McAvoy and deposited into her account with Ashville Savings. Sierra Development petitions for a writ of mandamus ordering Judge Claude Hughes of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County to revoke his order granting the motion of Ashville Savings to transfer the case to the Circuit Court of St. Clair County. The issue presented is whether Ashville Savings has…