State Ex Rel. Whitaker v. Hall

HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

These are original proceedings brought by relator, Freda F. Whitaker, a resident of Benton County, Missouri, seeking to prohibit the respondent, Judge of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, from assuming jurisdiction of two actions pending against her in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, on grounds no lawful venue of either action existed against her in said county and that said circuit court is without jurisdiction of her person. Our provisional rule in prohibition was issued in each case and the cases were thereafter consolidated for hearing and final…