Ex parte Stephens

STAKELY, Justice.

The question for decision is whether the Intermediate Court of Blount County created by Act of the Legislature No. 494 approved August 2, 1951, Acts of 1951, p. 874, has the exclusive jurisdiction to try the contest of wills in Blount County, Alabama.

This proceeding is an original petition for a writ of mandamus filed in this court against the Hon. J. S. Stone, as Judge of the Circuit Court of Blount County, Alabama, to review and revise his action as Judge of the aforesaid court in holding that the Intermediate Court of Blount County created under the act, as aforesaid, has…