Lane v. Cook

SIMMS, Justice:

Each of the above named petitioners filed separate applications asking this Court to assume original jurisdiction and grant writs of prohibition preventing Respondent Judge from further proceeding in an action filed in Oklahoma County wherein Petitioners are named defendants in a suit on guaranty agreements. Petitioners predicate their request for prohibition on lack of proper venue in Oklahoma County because none of them are residents of that county.

The four applications and requests for prohibition were ordered consolidated into the lowest case number for purposes of argument…