State Ex Rel. McCarter v. Craig

WESTHUES, Judge.

On May 14, 1959, relator Jack McCarter filed a petition in this court, in each of the above-captioned cases, for a writ of prohibition to restrain the respondent, the Honorable Marshall Craig, Judge of the Circuit Court of Scott County, Missouri, from exercising jurisdiction over relator in two certain lawsuits pending before him in the Scott County Circuit Court. This court issued its provisional rule in prohibition in each case. On July 2, 1959, respondent filed a return in each case. The question of respondent’s jurisdiction over the person of relator depends upon whether…