State ex rel. Foster v. Price

HOGAN, Presiding Judge.

This is a certiorari proceeding, brought to test the sufficiency of a petition requesting a stock law election under the provisions of Section 270.090, RSMo (1959).1 The circuit court has quashed its writ, and the relator has appealed. The primary issue before us is whether the relator was unfairly and improperly prevented from introducing evidence to “explain parts of the record,” as counsel put it, when the case was called for disposition before the circuit court.

The election involved was held on August 4, 1964. The proposition2 carried by a vote of 1,495 to 1,017.…