State Ex Rel. Harness v. Grady

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.

The relator, Kent Harness, filed a petition for a writ of prohibition to require the respondent judge to transfer the underlying personal-injury action to the Circuit Court of Clark County, Missouri. Because we find the judge exceeded his jurisdiction in denying the relator’s motion to transfer for improper venue, our preliminary order in prohibition is made absolute, and the circuit court is directed to transfer the case to the proper venue.

Facts

The plaintiff, Kenneth Sanders, filed suit against the relator in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis for personal…