State ex rel. Whaley v. Gaertner

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

Original proceeding in mandamus to compel respondent judge to set aside his order by which he dismissed relator’s petition against Ford Motor Corp. on the ground of improper venue in St. Louis City. The issue now raised concerns proper venue when both defendants are corporations. Respondent judge dismissed the petition as to Ford Motor Corp. for improper venue.

Relator Fred O. Whaley was the plaintiff and he now seeks our order to compel respondent to resume jurisdiction. Whaley is a St. Louis County resident and it was there he was injured by an allegedly defective Ford…