State Ex Rel. Cox v. Lohah

DAVISON, Justice.

This matter is presented on an application to this court to assume original jurisdiction and petition for a writ of prohibition ordering the defendant to desist and refrain from further proceeding in his capacity as Judge of the County Court of Osage County, Oklahoma, in cause No. 1124 in that court. The plaintiff herein, for clarity, will at times be referred to as petitioner.

From the oral argument and briefs of counsel it appears that on April 6, 1967, Joseph Leonard Cox, Sr., as plaintiff, filed an action in the District Court of Osage County, Oklahoma, against Sandra Cox,…