State Ex Rel. St. Louis Public Service Co. v. McMullan

EAGER, Judge.

Each of these causes is ail original proceeding in mandamus, in which a writ of prohibition is prayed in the alternative. Since the cases involve the same question of law, they were consolidated. In the first case a return to the alternative writ was filed; in the second an answer was filed, the issuance of the alternative writ being waived. It will not be necessary to review the pleadings specifically; the facts and the issues are such that the determination here becomes one of law. The facts in each case will be stated briefly.

In the first case it appears that Gay Landau, a…