State Ex Rel. Dorsey v. Sprague

Each of these three cases is a proceeding whereby the relators seek to prohibit the Judges of Division Number Two of the Circuit Court of the City of Saint Louis from entertaining a primary election contest.

Upon the issuance of our preliminary rules in prohibition the respondents filed their several returns, to which relators for reply filed general denials. But essential facts are not in dispute.

In cases No. 30679 and No. 30680, the relators were candidates for the nomination for Constable on the Republican ticket at the August primary, 1930, in the Fifth Constabulary District in the City of…