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EX PARTE TOWNSEND

1901528.

589 So.2d 711 (1991)

Ex parte James Edward TOWNSEND, Jr., Jimmy Davenport, and Roy Price Heald. (Re James Edward TOWNSEND, Jr., et al. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, et al.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Garmon, Gadsden, for petitioner.

D. Alan Thomas of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for respondents Stuart Leach and General Motors Corp.

George P. Ford and Richard M. Blythe of Ford & Hunter, P.C., Gadsden, for respondents David J. Nolen, Jan Kilgore Veal, Eddie L. Taylor, Eugene L. Harrell, Mack Smith and Eugene T. Greeson.

G. Thomas Yearout, Birmingham, for respondent Joe Money Machinery Co., Inc.

Tom Burgess of London, Yancey, Elliott & Burgess, Birmingham, for respondent Pak-Mor Mfg. Co., Inc.

SHORES, Justice.

James Edward Townsend, Jr., Jimmy Davenport, and Roy Price Heald petition this Court for a writ of mandamus to the Honorable Stuart Leach, judge of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, directing him to vacate his order of June 13, 1991, transferring a case from the Jefferson Circuit Court to the Etowah Circuit Court.

"We note at the outset that mandamus is a drastic and extraordinary writ to be issued only where there is (1) a clear legal...

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