The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
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re-enacts the existing law and makes this
amendment: Da<
'No Justice, Judge or Justice of the
Peace shall sit or act as such in any action
or proceeding:
~. When it appears from the affidavit
Of either party that he has reason to believe
and does beIieye hat 1ts cannot have q
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or Judge about to Nv tAe case by reason of
the prejudic. or bias of such Justice or
Judge; in either Of which cases said Jus
tice or Judge shall 70 thwith secure the
services OF some other Justice or Judge Of
the same or an adjoining county 10 pre-
side at the trial OF said action; provided
that in actions in the Superior Court of
counties or cities and counties having
more than one department said actions
shall be transferred to another department
thereof and tried therein in the same
manner as though originally assigned to
such department"
The CODE OF. Ala bama, volume 1, section
2645, provides: Either party to civil
suit may, at any time before the trial,
move the court to change the venue, max
ing an affidavit that, for cause set forth,
in the county where the suit is pending.
The court may direct change to the
nearest county free from proper exception
by either party. to be determined by affi-
davits."
The revised statutes of Maine, page $685.
section a. provide: "Any Judge of the
Supreme judicial Court, while holding a
nisi prius term, on motion Of either party
shall, for cause shown, order the transfer
of any civil action or criminal case pend
ing in said court to the docket thereof in
any other county for trial, preserving all
attachments"
Annotated statutes of Colorado, 1891,
section 1924 ''a", provide: When a party
] applies for change of venue on account of
the prejudice interest or relationship of
the. Judge, or that the Judge has been OF
counsel for either party, it shall be COM
petent for the Judge so challenged to set
| down the cause for trial on a day fixed,
not exceeding, however, ten days from
! the date of application, and he may there
upon call upon one OF the other Judges to
| try said cause"
Revised Laws of Wisconsin, Volume II.
page 1897. provide:
l
/. in any civil or criminal action or proceed
| ing in any Circuit Court for change of
| the place of trial on the ground that the
! prejudice OF the Judge of the court in
which said action or proceeding is then
| triabie, such Judge In his discretion may
retain such action or proceeding in the
same court without entry OF an order to
change the place OF trial until the last day
of the then current term, if the applica-
ton was made at a term at which the ac.
ton or proceeding is triable, or the next
term If it is made in vacation, and in the
meantime shall call upon some other Cir.
! cult Judge or Judges to attend and hold
court during such current or next term
| for the purpose of trying all such actions
or proceedings in which application for
change of place OF trial has been made on
account of the prejudice of the Circuit
Judge
Revised Laws of Indiana, Volume
section 416. provide:
1.-THE court in term or the Judge thereof
in vacation shall change the venue Of any
civil action upon the application of either
party made upon affidavis showing one or
more OF the following causes: **
~. When either party shalt make and
file an affidavit OF the bias, prejudice or
interest of the Judge before whom said
cause is pending"
General laws of Minnesota, 1895, chap.
ter 3O6, provide: Whenever in any
civil action pending in any District Court
OF the State. any party to the action shall
not less than six days before the first day
of the term at which said action. is noticed
for trial, make and file with the presiding
Judge and serve upon the opposite party,
or his attorney, an affidavit stating that
on account OF prejudice or bias of such
presiding Judge. he has good reason to
believe, and does believe, that he cannot