STATE ex rel. Fugatt v. Hawkins

McDOWELL, Presiding Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition. A provisional rule was issued to respondent, Honorable James P. Hawkins, Judge of the Circuit Court of Webster County, Missouri, to prevent him from assuming jurisdiction over the person of relator in a condemnation proceeding.

Relator’s application states that the Sho-Me Power Corporation instituted a proceeding in condemnation in Webster County, Missouri, to obtain a right-of-way over lands belonging to relator and others, naming "relator as defendant; that said condemnation petition included an application for order of…