State Ex Rel. Priest v. Calhoun

This is an original proceeding in prohibition seeking to restrain and enjoin the defendant judge from proceeding further in the case of John H. Conrades, et al., v. Blue Bird Appliance Company pending in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, in which case the respondent judge has heretofore, at the relation of said Conrades, et al., appointed a receiver for the defendant, Blue Bird Appliance Company. A preliminary rule in prohibition has heretofore been issued in this case.

It appears that on May 25, 1920, John H. Conrades, Thomas Mellow and Ben J. Brinkmann were by the cir cuit court of…