State ex rel. Reedcraft Manufacturing, Inc. v. Kays

BARNEY, Judge.

Relator Reedcraft Manufacturing, Inc. d/b/a Outdoor Sports (Relator), seeks a writ of prohibition or, alternatively, a writ of mandamus, directing Judge Greg Kays (Respondent) to either dismiss the underlying action or transfer the venue of said action from Laclede County to Franklin County.

On December 9, 1997, this Court issued a preliminary order in prohibition which forbade Respondent from taking any further action in the underlying cause other than to transfer venue.

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The plaintiff in the underlying action and Relator entered into a contract in late 1996. The terms of the…