State ex rel. Hatt v. Vanderburgh Probate Court

The relator, a defendant in a divorce action in the respondent’s court, seeks a writ of mandate from this court ordering the trial court to grant the relator a change of venue from the county.

From the copy of the docket sheet entries submitted with the petition, it appears that the divorce action was filed on October 18, 1965. At various times, three different attorneys have represented the relator in the action below. After numerous preliminary procedures, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint for divorce on January 17, 1966'. On January 31, 1966, pursuant to an order to plead, the…