State Ex Rel. Blackwell v. Elrod

REINHARD, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition wherein relator seeks to prohibit respondent-judge from proceeding with an appeal from the Associate Division of the Circuit Court of St. Francois County, Missouri.

In November of 1978, relator, Robert Blackwell, filed the underlying suit in the Magistrate Court of St. Francois County seeking to recover attorney’s fees from Stanley and Patricia Jones. The case was tried without a jury before the circuit court of St. Francois County, Associate Division I, on January 31, 1979. 1 The court took the case under submission and rendered…