State Ex Rel. Markwell v. Colt

Mandamus. Relator appeals from a judgment quashing the alternative writ and dismissing her action upon her refusal to plead further. She asserts, without citation of authority, that appellate jurisdiction rests here because a construction of the Constitution of this State is involved. (See Mo. Const. 1875, Art. X, Sec. 11; Mo. Const. 1945, Art. V, Sec. 3.) Respondents contend appellate jurisdiction is in the Kansas City Court of Appeals.

Relator, appellant here, held a judgment against certain school district defendants for services as a teacher. May 10, 1941, she instituted mandamus against…