State ex rel. Shaul v. Jones

RUDDY, Judge.

Two original proceedings have been filed in this court wherein relator seeks a writ of prohibition in one and a writ of mandamus in the other against respondent who is Judge of Division No. 5 of the Circuit Court of the County of St. Louis. In both proceedings relator contends that respondent has exceeded his jurisdiction in overruling relator’s request for a jury trial in a case pending before respondent.

Prior to filing the suit pending before respondent a judgment was obtained against Christina Brooks for possession of property known as and numbered 2104-06 Yale Avenue,…