State Ex Rel. v. Falkenhainer

Original proceeding in prohibition. Preliminary rule was duly issued, and the pleadings thereafter made up. This proceeding grows out of the suit of Wm. J. Gundelach v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, a corporation under the laws of the Republic of France. Plaintiff Gundelach is a resident of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, and the defendant in such suit was engaged in running ships upon the high seas from ports in the Republic of France to and from ports in the United States. In November, 1921, plaintiff in the action out of which this action grows, was a passenger upon a steamship…