State Ex Rel. Goodson v. Hall

Relators, on April 26, 1934, applied to this court for a preliminary writ of prohibition against respondent Justice of the Peace, Hudson Township, Macon County, Missouri, forbidding him from holding further cognizance of the case of Penn. Mutual Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff, v. John V. Goodson and Simeon Pagett, Defendants, in a suit in unlawful detainer for the possession of a farm of 433.39 acres in said county. Our preliminary writ was issued, made returnable May 21, 1934. On that day relators and respondent duly appeared, and the latter having filed a demurrer and motion to quash on…