SCHNEIDER v. SWINDALL

SCHNEIDER v. SWINDALL
1929 OK 314
280 P. 412
138 Okla. 66
Case Number: 19202
Decided: 09/10/1929
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

SCHNEIDER
v.
SWINDALL, Judge.

Syllabus

¶0 Appeal and Error--Dismissal--Moot Questions.
Where no benefit can result either to litigants or the public by decision in an issue, the cause will be dismissed as academic or moot.

Original action for writ of prohibition by George Schneider against Charles Swindall, District Judge of 20th Judicial District. Cause dismissed.

John J. Carney and C. R. Reeves, for petitioner.

RILEY, J.

¶1 Herein is sought a writ of prohibition to prevent the respondent from proceeding further as trial judge in cause styled George Schneider v. H. F. Decker et al., district court of Woodward county, Okla., for the reason of alleged bias and prejudice. The petitioner likewise seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to certify his disqualifications to sit as trial judge in said cause.