State ex rel. Johnston v. Caulfield

— Original action in prohibition, in which a preliminary rnle was ordered against respondents, the judges of the St. Louis Court of Appeals. *677Our rule to show cause was duly served, but the .respondents have failed to make any return thereto.’ The case made by the application to this court thus runs:

On July 22, 19Í2, there was filed in the probate court of St. Louis, over which Hon. Robert L. Shackelford presides, the following document:

“To the Honorable Probate Court of St. Louis County, State of Missouri:

“The undersigned, May O. Johnston, wife of Rowland L. Johnston, hereby gives information…