People Ex Rel. Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Gitchoff

This original petition for a writ of mandamus, which we permitted Phillips Petroleum Company to file, presents questions regarding the orderly and efficient administration of justice in the circuit court system of this State. A judge of the circuit court in Macon County, on Phillips’ motion and over the objections of Norfolk and Western Railway Company, several employees of Norfolk and Western, and Marcia J. Rucker, administratrix of the estate of Clyde G. Rucker, entered an order consolidating a counterclaim pending in the circuit court of Madison County with a complaint pending in the…