COURT, JUDGE, I CAN'T LET THEM WITHDRAW. THEY INSURED - THEY COME IN THIS CASE AND NOW THEY WANT OUT OF IT. THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE. AND AT THAT TIME I REQUESTED TO - THAT I WANTED TO TAKE UP MY MOTION TO WITHDRAW, MAKE FORMAL ARGUMENT ON THE MOTION. AT THAT TIME JUDGE BUFORD ASKED MR. HENRY HOW MUCH MR. HENRY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TO SETTLE WITH OUR INSURANCE CARRIER SO THAT WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE CASE. MR. HENRY SAID, `JUDGE, I'D HAVE TO HAVE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO LET HIM OUT.'
"AT THAT TIME JUDGE BUFORD ADVISED ME THAT IF WE SETTLED WITH HENRY FOR TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS THE COURT WOULD SUSTAIN OUR MOTION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE CASE." THE MOTION TO WITHDRAW WAS OVERRULED AND BONACKER AND REYNOLDS WERE FORCED TO OBTAIN A WRIT OF PROHIBITION IN THE SUPREME COURT BEFORE THEY COULD WITHDRAW.
THE CASE OF McKEE v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, INVOLVED JERRY REYNOLDS FROM SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI AND NEWTON C. BRILL, A LOCAL ATTORNEY. ON JULY 29, 1975, REYNOLDS FILED A MOTION TO DISQUALIFY JUDGE BUFORD. THEN ON AUGUST 13, 1975, ON ITS OWN MOTION, THE COURT SET AN UNREASONABLY HIGH CASH COURT COSTS BOND OF $300 AND REQUIRED THAT IT BE POSTED BY 5:00 P.M. ON THAT BUSINESS DAY. IT WAS CLEAR THAT SUCH A BOND WAS NOT NEEDED OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN REASONABLY REQUIRED. IN FACT, NEWTON C.
*850 BRILL TESTIFIED THAT HE DID NOT REQUEST A BOND IN THIS CASE. THIS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE SPRINGFIELD ATTORNEY IS EXACERBATED BY THE FACT THAT THE RESPONDENT DID NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SUCH AN ORDER AFTER THE MOTION TO DISQUALIFY WAS FILED. IT WAS NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 23, 1975, NEARLY TWO MONTHS AFTER IT WAS FILED, THAT THE MOTION TO DISQUALIFY WAS SUSTAINED.
COOK v. PATTERSON, INVOLVED JERRY REYNOLDS FROM SPRINGFIELD AND PAT FREEMAN, A LOCAL ATTORNEY. THE FOLLOWING FACTS RELATE THE DIFFICULTY ONE OUT-OF-CIRCUIT ATTORNEY HAD IN GETTING A MOTION TO DISQUALIFY AND CHANGE OF VENUE SUSTAINED IN JUDGE BUFORD'S COURT. ON FEBRUARY 10, 1975, JERRY REYNOLDS DROVE 125 MILES (ROUND TRIP) TO OREGON COUNTY TO DISQUALIFY JUDGE BUFORD. THE RESPONDENT TOLD MR. REYNOLDS THAT HIS MOTION WAS SUSTAINED BUT AFTER A LAPSE OF 20 or 30 DAYS, MR. REYNOLDS CALLED THE CLERK LONG DISTANCE TO DISCOVER THAT NO DOCKET ENTRY WAS EVER MADE OF THE DISQUALIFICATION. THE NEXT LAW DAY, MR. REYNOLDS AGAIN DROVE 125 MILES TO HAVE HIS MOTION TO DISQUALIFY SUSTAINED. THIS TIME RESPONDENT TOLD MR. REYNOLDS THAT HE WOULD RULE ON THE CHANGE OF VENUE AND THEN DISQUALIFY HIMSELF. MR. REYNOLDS OBJECTED AND SHOWED RESPONDENT THE SUPREME COURT RULE REQUIRING HIM TO RULE ON THE DISQUALIFICATION FIRST AND NOT THE CHANGE OF VENUE. NONETHELESS, RESPONDENT TOLD MR. REYNOLDS TO CONTACT MR. PAT FREEMAN AND SEE WHICH COUNTY MR. FREEMAN WANTED THE CASE SENT TO AS A RESULT OF A CHANGE OF VENUE. MR. FREEMAN INFORMED THE JUDGE THAT HE AGREED WITH MR. REYNOLDS THAT THE NEW JUDGE SHOULD BE