State ex inf. Joyce-Hayes v. Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

This proceeding seeking a writ of quo war-ranto was instituted in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis by Richard L. Swatek, the then Circuit Attorney of the City of St. Louis. Mr. Swatek, on his own information and not at the relation of any individual having a special interest in the subject matter of the action, sought to oust the judges of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit of Missouri, from the performance of the duty of approving appointments made by the Mayor of St. Louis to the board of trustees of the…