State ex rel. Selleck v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Missouri
Certiorari. (1) The St. Louis Court of Appeals is a court of limited and special jurisdiction and has no jurisdiction except such as is conferred upon it by the Constitution.
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Certiorari. (1) The St. Louis Court of Appeals is a court of limited and special jurisdiction and has no jurisdiction except such as is conferred upon it by the Constitution. (2) The jurisdiction of the St. Louis Court of Appeals in all matters except the issuance of extraordinary writs within the territory over which it has jurisdiction is solely and only appellate and it has no original jurisdiction in disbarment proceeding^. (3) The St. Louis Court of Appeals had no jurisdiction in this case because the validity of Sec. 952, R. S. 1909, is drawn in question; and said court of appeals under…
1Dissent
DISSENTING OPINION.
WOODSON, J.
This is an original proceeding, instituted in this court, by the relator against the judges of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, to review by certiorari the record of that court, in the disbarment *391proceedings liad therein against the relator, which found him guilty as charged, and disbarred him from further practicing law in any of the courts of this State.
In obedience to a writ issued by this court, December 23, 1912, the judges of the St. Louis Court of Appeals duly certified to this court the full record of said proceedings had in that court against the relator,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Sanborn v. KimballSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1875
- In re BreenNevada Supreme Court · 1908
- State ex rel. Scott v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- In re RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- State ex rel. Jones v. LaughlinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
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