State Ex Rel. Rans v. St. Joseph Superior Court

The relators ask for a writ of prohibition and mandate and request that the respondent court be required to expunge its record granting a motion for a new trial and granting a rehearing on its previous ruling denying the motion for a new trial. These motions and rulings arise in an action for personal injuries in which the relators, as plaintiffs, recovered a judgment for damages.

We previously issued an alternative writ of mandate to show cause and a temporary writ of prohibition against the respondent court.

The facts are that in the case of Vernon Rans, plaintiff v. Robert J. Krege,…