State Ex Rel. Holtkamp v. Hartmann.

Tavo proceedings seeking by prohibition in this court to stop prohibition proceedings in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis in which latter it is sought to prevent the Probate Court of the City of St. Louis from entertaining inquiries as to the sanity of Hugh W. Thomasson.

Elmira Townsend, October 7, 1931, filed a petition in the Probate Court of the City of St. Louis under Section 448, Revised Statutes 1929, alleging that she was next of kin to Hugh W. Thomasson, that he was of unsound mind, a resident of the city of St. Louis, and praying said probate court to inquire as to his…