State ex rel. Kissinger v. Allison

McDOWELL, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition to prevent respondent, a Circuit Judge of Pulaski County, from assuming jurisdiction over the person of relator in an action pending before him in the Circuit Court of said County. The question of jurisdiction turns upon the construction of the venue statute Section 508.010 RSMo 1949, V.A. M.S.

On July 10, 1958, Robert Newport Anderson, an incompetent, by Frances Duncan, his Guardian, and Frances Duncan in her own behalf, instituted an action in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County for damages to plaintiffs’ land and personal…