Ex Parte Clardy

Leon and Virginia Clardy petition this court for a writ of mandamus to the Honorable Randall Thomas, Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, directing him to recognize jurisdiction in an action filed in Montgomery County and to set aside an order transferring the case to Elmore County, due to improper venue. The writ is denied.

This petition arose out of a suit filed by the Clardys against S M Farms, Inc., and E. Phillip Mangum, and E. Phillip Mangum, Jr., individually and as officers and directors of S M Farms. The original complaint contained two counts, each prefaced by an averment that…