State Ex Rel. Sun Publishing Co. v. Pursley

This is an original action seeking a writ of prohibition against the respondent, prohibiting him from acting as special judge in the Blackford Circuit Court in a cause in which Urban T. Bonifas is plaintiff and the Sun Publishing Company is defendant. Upon the filing of the petition, a temporary writ issued.

It appears that the plaintiff, Bonifas, brought an action against the Sun Publishing Company in the Jay Circuit Court in which the plaintiff asked for the appointment of a receiver. The return on the summons shows that it was served by reading “to Malcolm V. Skinner, Secretary of Sun…