State ex rel. Union Electric Light & Power Co. v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) The matter in controversy exceeds the jurisdiction of the St. Louis Court of Appeals. McCoy v. Randall, 222 Mo. 24; Gartside v. Gartside, 42 Mo. App. 513; Eire Brick Co. v. Smelting Co., 48 Mo. App. 634; Overall v. Traction Co., 88 Mo. App. 175. (2) The State itself being relator herein, this court, and not the Court of Appeals, has jurisdiction.
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Mandamus. (1) The matter in controversy exceeds the jurisdiction of the St. Louis Court of Appeals. McCoy v. Randall, 222 Mo. 24; Gartside v. Gartside, 42 Mo. App. 513; Eire Brick Co. v. Smelting Co., 48 Mo. App. 634; Overall v. Traction Co., 88 Mo. App. 175. (2) The State itself being relator herein, this court, and not the Court of Appeals, has jurisdiction. Constitution, art. 6, sec. 12. (3) On the oral argument, it was stated by counsel for respondents that this case was here before on an application for mandamus against the circuit court (see State ex rel. Union El. L. & P. Co. v. Grimm,…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
— This is an original proceeding in mandamus by which it is sought to compel the Judg’es of the St. Louis Court of Appeals to transfer the case of “State of Missouri ex informatione Arthur N.Sager, Circuit Attorney, Informant, Appellant, v. Union Electric Light and Power Company, Respondent,” an action in quo warranto, to this court. Upon application our alternative writ of mandamus was issued, to which return has been duly made by the Judges of the Court of Appeals, in the nature of a de-. murrer. Such return reads:
*713“Now come the respondents in the above entitled canse and for answer and…
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