Morris v. Calhoun

Fox, Judge :

This is an original jurisdiction proceeding in prohibition of William 0. Morris against Harlan Calhoun, Judge of the circuit court of Hampshire County, Sloan Hott and Ida Hott, seeking to prohibit the further prosecution of a civil action pending in said court in which the Hotts are plaintiffs and the said Morris defendant. From the petition filed herein, the pertinent facts may be stated as follows:

The petitioner, a resident of Marion County, West Virginia, while driving an automobile owned by him, on May 27, 1937 collided with a motor truck owned by Sloan Hott and Ida Hott, in…