State ex rel. Less v. O'Brien

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition brought by relators against respondent circuit judge to prohibit the latter from denying relators’ motion to dismiss Count II of plaintiff’s petition. We quash the preliminary order in prohibition.

Relators filed suit (hereinafter initial proceeding) against Lurie in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in June, 1984. Relators charged, in their complaint and amendments thereto, that Lurie had wrongfully induced them to invest substantial amounts of money in speculative oil ventures. These…