State Ex Rel. Pyle v. City of University City

On December 1, 1926, to collect a judgment rendered against University City based on a tort, plaintiff filed in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County a petition for an alternative writ of mandamus in aid of execution. The alternative writ of mandamus issued, directed to the city of University City, its mayor, aldermen, collector and treasurer. The court overruled appellants' motion to quash the writ, appellants standing thereon and refusing to plead further. Thereupon a peremptory writ of mandamus issued, to which appellants filed a motion in arrest of judgment and to quash, which the trial…