State ex rel. Mellenbruch v. Mummert

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

Relators, Donald Mellenbruch and Harold Elerick, seek our writ prohibiting respondent, a judge of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, from ordering the underlying action transferred to the circuit court of St. Louis County on the grounds of improper venue.

In the underlying action relators allege that they purchased a 1980 Toyota Automobile at the St. Louis Auto Auction. In the original petition it was alleged that the automobile was sold by defendants Ford Motor Credit Company (FMCC) and General Electric Credit Corporation (GECC). Re-lators alleged that these…