State ex rel. Nicholson v. Knox Circuit Court

Petition for a writ of mandate was duly filed with this court and an alternative writ of mandate issued. This matter commenced with the filing of a complaint by the relator with the clerk of the Knox Circuit Court against Raymond Russell Phelps, defendant, for damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s son, William David Nicholson. Pursuant to the praecipe endorsed upon the complaint, a summons was issued and appearance made on behalf of defendant. Thereafter the plaintiff filed an amended complaint, and an amended answer to said complaint was filed. On the 15th of November, 1965, the said…