Case Name: Mary Alice Hamilton v. Charles A. Smart, as Judge, etc.
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1908-05-09
Citations: 78 Kan. 218
Docket Number: No. 15,823
Parties: Mary Alice Hamilton v. Charles A. Smart, as Judge, etc.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 78
Pages: 218–219

Head Matter:
Mary Alice Hamilton v. Charles A. Smart, as Judge, etc.
No. 15,823.
(95 Pac. 836.)
Mandamus — Change of Venue. It was said that if an error was committed in denying a motion for a change of venue it could be corrected in a proceeding in error, and mandamus could not be employed to compel the trial court to allow the motion.
Original proceeding in mandamus.
Opinion filed May 9, 1908.
Writ denied.
W. /. Costigan, and Gamble & Taylor, for plaintiff.
F. M. Harris, for defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
In an action brought by Mary Alice Hamilton against the city of Ottawa she moved for a change of venue, upon the ground that the district judge was disqualified by reason of being a resident and taxpayer of the city. The motion was denied, and thereupon the plaintiff applied to this court for a writ of mandamus to compel that court to grant a change of venue. She insists that the district court committed error in denying her application for a change of venue. It is plausibly argued by counsel for defendant that ownership of property and residence within a city do not constitute such an interest as disqualifies a judge, but, however that may be, if an error was committed in refusing a change of venue it may be corrected in an ordinary appellate proceeding. The extraordinary remedy of mandamus can not be employed when an effective remedy may be had in a proceeding in error. (Mason v. Grubel, 64 Kan. 835, 68 Pac. 660.)
The writ is denied.