American Type Founders Co. v. District Court

This is an original proceeding in which petitioner, to whom we will refer as Founders Co., seeks the issuance of a writ of prohibition directed to the respondent district court and the judge thereof to prevent them from proceeding against it in an action pending in said court.

Petitioner, which is a Delaware corporation, was named as one of two defendants in an action filed in the- district court by Columbia Press, Inc., a Colorado corporation. It is alleged in the complaint of Columbia Press that it suffered damages in the total sum of $183,753.98 as a result of the purchase of certain…