State ex rel. City of Elvins v. Marshall

This is an original proceeding in this court, wherein relators seek a writ of prohibition against the judges of the county court of St. Francois county. The relators are the city of Elvins, 'a city of the fourth class situated within said county, the mayor thereof, and certain taxpaying citizens and residents of such city.

On April 20, 1914, a petition was filed with the county court, under the provisions of the statute relat*595ing thereto, alleging that the city of Farmington was, at sneh time, the only incorporated city in such county having a population of 2500 inhabitants or more, and praying…