State ex rel. Boyer v. Huck

— This is an original proceeding brought by relators, who are respectively the mayor and the members of the city council of the town of Farmington, against respondent, who is judge of the 27th Judicial Circuit, and therefore ex-officio judge of the circuit court of St. Francois county, to prohibit respondent from exercising jurisdiction in a certain action brought by Wm. McMahon and two others against relators, wherein it is sought to prevent relators from holding a local option election in the town *141of Farmington under the provisions of section 7239, applying to cities having a population of…