State ex rel. Dowd v. Turpin

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Application for Writ, of Prohibition to prohibit Honorable William Turpin, Judge of the Circuit Court of Pike County, from proceeding further in a cause pending before him on the ground of improper venue.

In June, 1977, Ethel and Edward Miller filed a two-count petition in the Pike County Circuit Court against multiple defendants, all of whom are non-residents of Pike County, Missouri. The first count alleged that plaintiffs and defendants had made an agreement for lease, with plaintiffs as lessees, of farm property owned by defendants, for the term of April 1, 1977 to…