State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Nangle

Original prohibition to prevent the respondent circuit judge from proceeding further in a cause pending before him in the Circuit Court of the 'City of St. Louis, and to abate the

orders heretofore made in such cause. .

The cause as to which prohibition is sought was filed on March 18, 1949, by Pioneer News Service, Inc., against the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, praying for a mandatory injunction - to compel the defendant to restore telephone service to the plaintiff and for a judgment for damages in the sum of $100,000.00.

On February 5, 1947, Phil M. Donnelly, thén governor, and J. E.…