State Ex Rel. Morris B. I. Co. v. Brown

This is an original proceeding in prohibition. To the petition for the writ respondent made a return, to which return relators filed a reply. Thereafter, respondent filed a motion for a judgment on the pleadings.

The facts, as disclosed by the pleadings, show that respondent is one of the judges of the Circuit Court of Jackson County; that on August 1, 1933, and prior thereto, relator, Morris Building & Investment Company, was the owner of a certain apartment building located in Kansas City; that on that day the property was sold at public sale made in the foreclosure of a deed of trust…