State Ex Rel. Allen v. Buckner

Prohibition. The parties present the case upon the theory that motion for judgment on the pleadings or a demurrer has been filed, and we will therefore dispose of it on that theory.

On August 20, 1923, relator, Mamie Frances Allen, filed in the Circuit Court of Jackson county, Missouri, at Kansas City, a suit for divorce and permanent alimony against John Henry Allen, her husband. She also, on the same day, filed an application for alimony pendente lite and attorney's fees. Thereupon the cause was assigned to Division No. 2 of the Circuit Court of Jackson county, presided over by the Hon. O.A.…