State Ex Rel. Jones v. Nolte

— Original proceeding in prohibition. The relators are defendants in certain suits for the collection of taxes brought by the Central Sewer District of St. Louis County, Missouri, in the Circuit Court of that County. The respondents are the Judges of said Court. Our preliminary rule was issued and the respondents filed a return thereto admitting certain of the allegations in the petition and denying others and set up some additional facts in defense. No reply to this return was filed nor was any evidence taken but the case was briefed, orally argued and submitted as if a motion for judgment…