State v. Nicholas

The appeal in this case was prosecuted to this court, but was thereafter transferred by it to the Springfield Court of Appeals under the provisions of the act of the Legislature, approved June 12, 1909. [See Laws of Missouri 1909, p. 396; see, also, sec. 39391, R. S. 1909.] In due time the cause was disposed of by the Springfield Court of Appeals through an opinion prepared by Judge Nixon of that court, as will appear by reference to State v. Nicholas et al., 149 Mo. App. 121, 130 S. W. 96. Suhse*528quently, the Supreme Court declared the said legislative act, which purported to authorize the…