EX PARTE MADISON COUNTY, ALA.

80-732.

406 So.2d 398 (1981)

Ex parte MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA, The Madison County Commission and Joe Patterson, in his capacity as Sheriff of Madison County, Alabama. In re MADISON COUNTY, Alabama, et al. v. Fob JAMES, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian D. Butler and George W. Royer, Jr., of Butler & Potter, Huntsville, for petitioners.

J. R. Brooks of Ford, Caldwell, Ford & Payne, Huntsville, for respondent City of Huntsville Hospital Board, d/b/a Huntsville Hospital, now the Hospital Authority of the City of Huntsville.

M. R. Nachman, Jr., Sp. Counsel to the Governor of the State of Ala., William J. Samford, Jr., Legal Advisor to the Governor, Glenn F. Manning, Sp. Counsel to the Governor, and Thomas McAlpine, Gen. Counsel for the Dept. of Corrections, Montgomery, for respondents Governor James and Com'r of the Dept. of Corrections of the State of Ala.


BEATTY, Justice.

Petition for a writ of mandamus to The Honorable Daniel B. Banks, Jr., Circuit Judge of Madison County, to direct Judge Banks to vacate his order transferring the case of Madison County, Alabama, et al. v. Fob James, etc., et al. to the Montgomery County Circuit Court. The writ is denied.

The sole issue presented by the petition is whether or not venue in the litigation between the parties is properly laid in Madison County.

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