State Ex Rel. Penrose v. Killoren

This is an original proceeding in prohibition to prohibit respondents from further exercise of jurisdiction of a purported election contest involving the office of Republican Committee-' woman for the Eighteenth Ward of the City of St. Louis,' Missouri, wherein Naomi Hughes Oldham is contestant and the relator is contestee.

At the primary election held on August 1, 1944, an election was held for the office of Republican Committeewoman for the Eighteenth Ward of the City of St. Louis. There were three candidates for that office. Their names and the votes received by each were lone Penrose,…