Winfrey v. Benton
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Carter County j 8. H. RusseM, Judge,. Action by M. F. Winfrey against E. E. Benton and another. From a judgment granting a writ of mandamus, compelling a justice to grant a change of venue, plaintiff brings error.
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Error from District Court, Carter County j 8. H. RusseM, Judge,. Action by M. F. Winfrey against E. E. Benton and another. From a judgment granting a writ of mandamus, compelling a justice to grant a change of venue, plaintiff brings error. Citing: Territory ex rel. v. Crum, (Olda.) 73 Pac. 297; State ex rel. v. McKee (Mo.) 51 S. W. 421; Galbraith v. Williams (Ky.) 50 S. W. 686; San Joaquin Co. v. Superior Court (Cal.) 33 Pac. 482; State v. Washburne, 22 Wis. 95; People v. Ciarle (Colo.) 44 Pae. 506; State ex rd. v. Cotton (Neb.) 50 N. W. 688; 19 A. & E. Enc.'L. 750. Citing: Lincoln v.…
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, J.
This case presents error* from the district court of Carter county, and submits for our consideration and determination the question of whether or not mandamus is the proper remedy to be applied where a justice of the peace wrongfully denies a change of venue, where a party in his court makes proper application for the same. Defendants in error, who were defendants in the action before the justice of the peace, filed an affidavit for change of venue under section 70, art. 7, c. 67 (section 4997) Wilson’s Rev. & Ann. St. Okla. 1903, which was denied. Immediately thereafter, and on the same…
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