State ex rel. Ballew v. Woodson

This writ of certiorari, which issued at the instance of certain stockholders of the Phoenix Loan Association, brings up the record of the Buchanan Circuit Court in the case of State ex rel. Gray v. Phoenix Loan Ass’n, 159 Mo. 102, from which record it appears that it is a suit instituted by the Supervisor of Building and Loan Associations, in his official character, under section 1892, Revised Statutes 1899, looking to the dissolution of the Phoenix Loan Association and the winding up of its affairs.

The suit was begun by the filing of the petition in the circuit clerk’s office during the…