State Ex Rel. Newport v. Wiesman

MANDAMUS

WELLIVER, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus. Relator, Mark J. Newport, sought an alternative writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, Judge Melvyn Wiesman, to assume jurisdiction over the underlying law suit between Newport and Beech Aircraft Corporation (Beech) and to set aside his order which was phrased in terms of dismissing the law suit for lack of personal jurisdiction but which amounted to an order quashing the service herein. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, issued a preliminary writ and later quashed that writ. We ordered this case transferred…