State ex rel. Scott v. Smith
Supreme Court of Missouri
Certiorari. (1) The Kansas City Court of Appeals has no original jurisdiction to try a case of this kind, unless the proceedings are originally instituted in that court. Const., sec. 12, art. 4; sec. 22, art. 6; sec. 4, amend. 1884; ch. 73, R. S. 1899. (2) The filing of the motion for a change of venue, as decided by the Court of Appeals, divested the lower court of jurisdiction.
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Certiorari. (1) The Kansas City Court of Appeals has no original jurisdiction to try a case of this kind, unless the proceedings are originally instituted in that court. Const., sec. 12, art. 4; sec. 22, art. 6; sec. 4, amend. 1884; ch. 73, R. S. 1899. (2) The filing of the motion for a change of venue, as decided by the Court of Appeals, divested the lower court of jurisdiction. Gale v. Michie, 47 Mo. 328; Lacy v. Barrett, 75 Mo. 469; Barnes v. McMullins, 78 Mo. 266; Dawson v. Dawson, 29 Mo. App. 523; State v. Schaffer, 36 Mo. App. 589 ; State v. Hayes, 81 Mo. 574; sec. 819, R. S. 1899. (3)…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
The proceeding in this court is a writ of certiorari directed to the judges of the. Kansas City Court of Appeals, requiring them to send to this court the record and proceedings in a matter pending before them on appeal from the circuit court of Jackson county, at Kansas City, Division No. 1, entitled, “In the matter of proceedings to remove William J. Scott from practice as an attorney at law.”
The issuance of the writ by this court directed to the judges of the Kansas City Court of Appeals, springs from a proceeding instituted in the circuit court of *95Jackson county to disbar the relator, who…
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