State Ex Rel. Hopkins v. Daues

— This is an original proceeding in certiorari, whereby relator seeks to quash the opinion of the St. Louis Court, of Appeals in the case of Wallace Hopkins v. American Car & Foundry Company, decided by respondents on June 1, 1927,- because of alleged conflict between said opinion and controlling decisions of this court. Our writ issued and respondents have certified up the record before them. The case has been briefed and argued and thus is before us for decision.. It appears from the opinion of respondents that relator as plaintiff filed his petition in the Circuit Court of the City of St.…