Ex Parte State Ex Rel. Denson

SIMPSON, Justice.

The relator seeks a writ of mandamus to be directed to Honorable Whit Wind-ham, Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, requiring him to take cognizance of and rule on a petition for writ of mandamus filed as an alternative method of review after dismissal of the appeal in the circuit court.

A brief statement of the case is necessary. The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, in accordance with the provisions of Code 1940, Title 19, § 1 et seq., sought to condemn certain parcels of land belonging to relator. On March 29, 1945, the application to condemn was granted by…