State Ex Rel. Pagliara v. Stussie

McMILLIAN, Presiding Judge.

This is an original proceeding whereby relator seeks a writ of mandamus to compel reinstatement of his suit which respondent judge had dismissed for lack of proper venue.

The pertinent facts may be simply stated. Defendant, Gideon-Anderson Lumber Company (hereinafter referred to as Gideon-Anderson) is a domestic manufacturing and marketing corporation with its central offices in New Madrid County in Gideon, Missouri. The company employs William O’Connor as its “special representative” in St. Louis for solicitation of orders for beverage cases from several large St.…