Shannon v. Smith

This is an action of ejectment wherein the title of the plaintiff in error depends upon a foreclosure decree granted by the circuit court for Yan Burén county, in a cause begun in Cass county, and claimed to have been transferred.

The order of transfer was made by the court in Cass county, by Hon. Daniel Blackman, sitting as circuit judge. It purports to be based on an affidavit that Judge Black-man “was formerly of counsel for the complainants in the above entitled cansé, and for that reason is unable to act as judge in said cause.”

The order was as follows, after the usual introduction: “it…