State Ex Rel. Drake Publishers, Inc. v. Baker

CRANE, Presiding Judge.

Relators, Drake Publishers, Inc., Vincent Stephens, and C.B. Lueci, seek a writ of prohibition prohibiting respondent, The Honorable Evelyn Baker, from proceeding with an invasion of privacy action in the City of St. Louis, denominated Berry v. Drake Publishers, Inc. et al., against rela-tors, who are non-resident defendants. We now make our preliminary writ permanent because venue is improper in the City of St. Louis and the action should be transferred to the Circuit Court of St. Charles County.

The underlying action was originally filed in San Francisco County…