St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. District Court of Creek County

HODGES, Justice.

This action is for a writ of mandamus, or an otherwise proper remedial order] to require respondent district judge to transfer a consolidated wrongful death and sur-vivorship action to Garfield County. The application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens in an intrastate transitory action is involved.

The co-administrators of the estate of decedent originally filed two actions arising from a railroad crossing accident which occurred on April 23, 1970, in Enid, Oklahoma. These actions, one a survivor-ship action for conscious pain and suffering, medical expenses, and property…