State Ex Rel. Clay Equipment Corp. v. Jensen

DALTON, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition. Relator seeks to prohibit the respondent Judge from proceeding with the trial of a $500,000 personal injury damage suit instituted by one Charles Elliston in the Circuit Court of Jackson County against relator, Clay Equipment Corporation. Relator is a corporation organized- and existing under the laws of the State of Iowa, and not licensed to do business in Missouri. Relator’s “Special Plea to Jurisdiction of Defendant Clay Equipment Corporation” was filed and overruled and respondent will proceed to try the cause, unless prohibited…