Forest Coal Co. v. Doolittle

PoeeeNBARGee, Judge:

A writ of prohibition has been applied for by The Forest Coal Company and others, to prevent the Honorable Edward S. Doolittle, judge of the circuit court of Cabell County, from •sitting further in a chancery cause, pending in said court, on the ground that he is disqualified as to that case, by reason of his interest in the subject matter thereof. This raises two questions, the first of which is, whether, if such disqualification exists, the writ lies, and "the other, whether the judge has any disqualifying interest.

The authorities almost uniformly hold that when a judge…