Ex Parte Thompson

BROWN, Justice.

This is an original petition praying for the issuance of the writ of mandamus to the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, Hon. J. Russell McElroy, Judge Presiding, requiring the court to set aside, rescind, vacate and avoid the order of November 1, 1946, sustaining plaintiffs objection to the issuance of an open commission to take the testimony of A. G. Rosenbery, and sustaining plaintiff’s motion directing the clerk not to issue an open commission to take the testimony of said Rosenbery, and to require the circuit court to enter an order contra.

The facts alleged…