Howerton v. Price

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an original proceeding in this court seeking an order of prohibition against Honorable C. Warren Eaton and Honorable J. Brandon Price, as presiding judges of Divisions I and II, respectively, of the McCracken Circuit Court. The ultimate relief sought is to prohibit either of the respondent judges from presiding in a divorce action in McCracken Circuit Court in which the petitioner is the plaintiff.

The divorce action was originally assigned to Division I over which Judge Eaton presides. On July 8, 1969, Judge Eaton entered an order in the divorce action declaring…