Reeves v. Bockman

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Judge.

This case involves the interpretation of two Missouri statutes to determine whether the circuit court of Texas County (“trial court”) has subject matter jurisdiction of a suit to contest the results of a Shannon County primary election for associate circuit judge. The trial court ruled that, while it was a court in an adjoining circuit 1 as described in § 115.575.1, 2 that statute did not apply to this primary election contest. Accordingly, it dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

In the August 6, 2002 primary election for the…