Ex Parte Canady

Larry Canady petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable James C. Brotherton of the Circuit Court of Walker County, Alabama, to vacate his order transferring an action filed in Walker County to Tuscaloosa County.

On June 22, 1989, Canady, a resident of Illinois, filed a complaint against two residents of Tuscaloosa County. The complaint included claims for damages, alleging breach of contract and fraud; for a declaration of Canady's rights under a lease of property located in Walker County; and for injunctive relief. On July 18, 1989, the defendants filed a motion…