State Ex Rel. Jay Bee Stores, Inc. v. Edwards

WELLIVER, Judge.

Relator Jay Bee Stores, Inc. seeks a writ of mandamus ordering respondent to over*62rule the fifth amendment privilege claims of Alan Fink and Robert Cockrum, defendants in the underlying lawsuit, and to order Fink and Cockrum to produce the documents relator requests. This Court has jurisdiction under Mo.Const. art. V, § 4(1). Our alternative writ is made peremptory.

On March 27, 1981, relator contracted with Cockrum & Fink Business & Industrial Auctioneers, Inc. (hereinafter Cockrum & Fink) to auction the inventory and equipment of one of relator’s supermarkets. The contract…