Talbot v. Pirkey

This is an original proceeding in prohibition. The petitioner is defendant in a civil action now pending in the superior court of Glenn County, of which the respondent is judge. He moved the court, upon due notice, supported by affidavits, to secure the services of a judge of another county to preside at the trial of all the issues of law and fact in said cause, upon the ground that he could not have a fair and impartial trial before respondent by reason of his prejudice and bias. The affidavits filed in support of the motion, copies of which are annexed to the petition, are amply sufficient,…