State Ex Rel. Missouri Public Service Co. v. Elliott

EAGER, Judge.

This case was instituted by the filing of an original petition for prohibition in this Court. We issued our provisional rule, Respondent filed his return, and there are no material fact issues. We shall state the essential facts. Many of these are shown in exhibits attached to the petition.

On October 11, 1966, Frankie J. Williams filed suit in Platte County against Relator, Missouri Public Service Company, for personal injuries sustained in an explosion and fire occurring in an underground vault of the United Telephone Company building in Platte City on September 2, 1966, where…