State Ex Rel. Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children v. Hensley

RUDDY, Presiding Judge.

The relator (Shriners’ Hospitals for Crippled Children, a corporation) in this certio-rari proceeding, commenced in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, seeks to have an order of the Probate Court of St. Louis County quashed. In said order the Probate Court of St. Louis County rejected from probate a paper writing and codicil purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Carrie Skuy, deceased, which were produced and exhibited to said court. It is the contention of relator that said Probate Court was acting in excess of its jurisdiction in receiving proof pertaining…