State ex rel. Gray v. Hennings

This is an original proceeding instituted in this court to obtain a writ of prohibition directed to respondent, one of the judges of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, prohibiting the carrying into effect of a certain order of that court during the pendency of an appeal therefrom.

The controversy out of which the proceeding before us arises pertains to the custody of a minor child of respondents William H. Waters and Frances D. Waters, viz., one William Henry Waters, about five years of age. It appears that these parents have been twice divorced and have three times intermarried…