State of Missouri v. Judges of Co. Ct. of Taney Co.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus. The relators alleged that on the 17th day of December, 1947 they filed in the County Court of Taney County, Missouri, a petition signed by more than one-fourth of the voters of Taney County, to wit, 919, requesting the court tó submit the proposition of the removal of the seat of justice from its present site at Forsyth to Branson, at the next general election, as provided by Section 13732 E. S. Mo. 1939. It is then alleged that the respondents, the county court, took up and considered relators’ petition and then made the following order:

“In the…