State ex rel. Meletio v. Hensley

DOERNER, Commissioner.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition. Relator seeks to restrain the respondent, Judge of the Probate Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, from exercising jurisdiction of the issues presented by a petition filed by The Meletio Company, a corporation, in the Estate of G. William Meletio, deceased.

The essential facts are these: On April 7, 1959, G. William Meletio and John H. Meletio, who owned or controlled the majority of the outstanding common stock of The Meletio Company, a Delaware corporation, and that corporation, entered into a written contract entitled…