State Ex Inf. Wallach v. Beckman

Information in the nature of a quo warranto, instituted in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, to oust respondent from the office of Justice of the Peace of Clayton Township, St. Louis County. The trial court entered a judgment of ouster and respondent has appealed. We shall refer to the parties as relator and respondent.

The facts are not in dispute. On the 8th day of November 1938, respondent was elected a Justice of the Peace for the City of University City in Clayton Township, St. Louis County. A certificate of election and a commission for said office was duly issued and respondent…