State Ex Rel. Kaysing v. Ryan

Relator seeks to prohibit respondent from further entertaining a proceeding to- contest the election of relator as Republican Ward Committeeman for the Fifteenth Ward of the city of' St. Louis.

Within the time provided by statute, contestant, Eugene P. Farris, caused contestee to be served with a notice of election contest. This notice was duly served by a deputy sheriff of the city of St. Louis, and was thereafter duly filed in'the circuit court of said city. The petition for prohibition sets out the notice of contest wherein it is alleged that contestant was elected as committeeman of said…