State Ex Rel. Harwood v. Sartorius

This is a proceeding in prohibition instituted in this court by the relatrices, Misses Ollie Harwood and Vivian Patterson, against the respondent, Hon. Eugene J. Sartorious, Judge of the circuit court of the City of St. Louis. The cause is at issue on relatrices’ petition for our writ, respondent’s return and a transcript of the evidence in the underlying litigation, which has been brought up by agreement.

Eelatriees seek to prohibit the enforcement against them of certain preventive and mandatory injunctive orders 'decreed by respondent allegedly in excess of his jurisdiction as chancellor,…