State Ex Rel. McPike v. Hughes

May McPike, the relatrix, recovered a judgment for personal injuries against the St. Louis County Bank in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County for $2,500 on May 23, 1945. The bank’s appeal was not timely perfected, and on May 15, 1946 the bank obtained the issuance of a writ of error by the St. Louis Court of Appeals directed to the trial court.

The relatrix then brought in this court this original proceeding in prohibition against the Judges of the St. Louis Court of Appeals to test the right of that court to continue to issue writs of error in view of' the provision of the new Civil Code…