Metrobank v. Real Coal Co., Inc.

This is an original petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the transfer of this cause from the Bessemer Division to the Birmingham Division of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. The petition is denied.

MetroBank sued Norman Reid and Real Coal Company in the Bessemer Division to recover on two notes. The original notes were payable "at First Western Bank, Bessemer, Alabama," the predecessor of MetroBank. The two renewal notes upon which this suit was brought were payable "at any office of said payee [MetroBank] or at such other place as Holder may designate."

Reid and Real Coal…