State Ex Rel. Williams v. Batson

W. J. Williams, county attorney of Love county, Okla., hereinafter called petitioner, filed in this court an original action against John Steele' Bafson, hereinafter called respondent. The allegations of the petition, in substance, are: (1) That petitioner is the county attorney of said county, and brings the action on behalf of the state of Oklahoma; (2) that Love county, Okla., is now in what is known as district court judicial district No. 8, for which two district judges are provided by law; but that Asa E. Walden, who was the incumbent of one of said judgeships, died September 2, 1934,…