Union Bank v. Ferris

BARNES, Justice:

In this case, Union Bank, a California corporation, petitions this Court and asks us to assume original jurisdiction and issue a Writ of Prohibition, prohibiting the Respondent Trial Judge from exercising personal jurisdiction over said Bank. The material facts giving rise to the jurisdictional controversy are as follows:

The Plaintiff below, Mr. Carlos Brewer, delivered a draft to the First State Bank of Eldorado, Oklahoma, for the purpose of said Bank’s forwarding the draft to the payee Bank, Union Bank of San Francisco, Petitioner in this original proceeding. The draft was…