State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Sevier

Belators challenge the jurisdiction of respondent judge to issue a temporary injunction in a suit pending in the Circuit Court of Cole County. Preliminary rule in prohibition issued, respondent made return, and relators move for judgment.

The suit is an effort to prevent the construction of a free bridge across the Missouri Biver. The Atchison & Eastern Bridge Company, .Tolbert Henson and James T. Blair, Jr., are the plaintiffs in the case. The bridge company owns a nearby bridge across said river and for that reason is interested. Henson and Blair sue as taxpayers.

In substance the alleged…