State Ex Rel. Leggett v. Jensen

HYDE, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition to prevent respondent from exercising jurisdiction in the case of John T. Barker and Floyd E. Jacobs vs. C. Lawrence Leggett, Superintendent of the State Division of Insurance, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, except to enter a final judgment dismissing same for want of jurisdiction. Barker and Jacobs are hereinafter referred to as plaintiffs.

The case against the Superintendent was commenced in Jackson County, the county of plaintiffs’ residence (Secs. 536.100 and 536.110, statutory references are to RSMo and V.A.M.S. except as…