State ex rel. Walker v. Stussie

HOLMAN, Judge.

This proceeding was filed in the circuit court against Magistrate Harry J. Stussie and Consumer Credit Rating Bureau, Inc., seeking a declaratory judgment and rule on the magistrate. The principal rulings sought were (1) that Section 517.480(1) be declared unconstitutional insofar as it requires the payment of “costs then accrued” as a prerequisite to the power of the magistrate to set aside a default judgment and (2) that an order of the magistrate made March 28, 1969, be set aside. The circuit court ruled in favor of respondents. Relator appealed to the St. Louis District of…