663.4  Application — to whom made.
  Application for the writ must be made to the court or judge most convenient in point of distance to the applicant, and the more remote court or judge, if applied to therefor, may refuse the same unless a sufficient reason be stated in the petition for not making the application to the more convenient court or a judge thereof.
[C51, §2217; R60, §3805; C73, §3452; C97, §4420; S13, §4420; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12471; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §663.4]