State Ex Rel. Malone v. Mummert

ROBERTSON, Judge.

In this original action in mandamus, the defendants in the underlying personal injury action claim that two of them were preten-sively joined by the plaintiffs in order to obtain venue in the City of St. Louis. This Court issued its alternative writ in mandamus to consider standards for determining the existence of pretensive joinder. Our jurisdiction is founded on article V, section 4 of the Missouri Constitution. The alternative writ of mandamus previously issued is made peremptory.

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