State Ex Rel. Lambert v. O'Malley

This is an original proceeding in prohibition which presents the legal question of whether the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis has the jurisdiction to entertain and adjudicate an action brought by a police officer against the Board of Trustees of the Police Retirement System of the City of St. Louis for the recovery of the accidental disability retirement allowance alleged to be due him under the provisions of the Police Retirement Pension System Act (secs. 8906-8918, R.S. Mo., 1929 [Mo. Stat. Ann., secs. 8906-8918, pp. 6258-6276]).

Prior to 1926 neither the State nor any municipality…