Stevens v. McDowell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

Plaintiffs invoke our original jurisdiction in mandamus to require the defendant, a judge of the city court of Kansas City, to certify to the district court certain proceedings in forcible detainer pending in his court on the ground that they had progressed to a point where it was clear that the title to real property was in dispute.

The pertinent facts, in brief, are these:. On October 20, 1939, one Samuel Bobrecker filed in division No. 2 of the city court of Kansas City, presided over by the defendant, Joseph H. McDowell, a complaint in…