Ex Parte Water Works Bd. of Gulf Shores

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus regarding a transfer of the instant case from the Circuit Court of Baldwin County to the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. This suit involves a claim against a surety on a contractor's performance bond; the case was transferred essentially because the principal on the bond had previously filed an action in Jefferson County arising out of the same contract.

The Water Works Board of the Town of Gulf Shores filed the instant complaint on April 30, 1986, against The Travelers Indemnity Company as surety on a contract bond whereby Travelers and Harmon…