State ex rel. Salter v. Barry

SIMEONE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a peremptory writ of mandamus issued by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis directing the respondent-magistrate (appellant herein) to set aside and vacate a judgment the magistrate rendered on February 22, 1971, in favor of one Catherine LeGrande and against the relator, Paul M. Salter (defendant in the Magistrate Court) in the sum of $347.17 and costs. The issue raised on this appeal, surprisingly has not, during the long history of justice and magistrate courts, been heretofore determined. The issue presented is whether under Missouri statutes, a…