State Ex Rel. v. Mueller

This is a proceeding in mandamus which presents the issue of whether the circuit court in which a cause is pending has jurisdiction, prior to the return day of the writ of summons, to rule upon a motion to require the defendant to produce his papers and records for the plaintiff's inspection.

Relator is Edward H. Pieper, the plaintiff in a cause now pending in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County against Dr. Francis William Kirsch, while respondent, Hon. Fred E. Mueller, is the judge presiding over Division 3 of the court.

On January 20, 1933, relator filed his petition in the cause, alleging…