State Ex Rel. St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Co. v. Taylor

This is an original proceeding in this .court, whereby, upon petition of relator, we issued our preliminary rule in prohibition against respondent as judge of Division One of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, commanding him to appear and show cause why he should not be prohibited from hearing or taking further cognizance of or action in a certain cause pending in Division One of said circuit court, wherein the American Fruit Growers (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff) is plaintiff, and relator in this case is defendant.

The return of respondent is in effect a demurrer to the…