State ex rel. Hannon v. Crandall

TOWNSEND, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus issued by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County directing the Respondent Magistrate (Appellant herein) to set aside and hold for naught a judgment against Relator Hannon (Respondent herein) previously obtained in the court of Respondent.

Plaintiffs Cox and American National Insurance Company brought their action in the Magistrate Court against Bernice L. Hannon and one Sam Hanks. Summons was issued for Hannon returnable on September 7, 1967. The writ of summons was returned, duly executed by personal service, on August…