State Ex Rel. W. A. Ross Construction Co. v. Skinker

This is an original proceeding in prohibition to restrain the respondent, as judge of the Circuit Court of Camden County, Missouri, from further proceeding to hear and determine the case styled “W. A. Ross Construction Company, a corporation, Plaintiff, v. Richard ‘Dick’ Chiles and F. P. Chiles, partners, doing business as Chiles Material Company,” and numerous individuals, as defendants.

The relator’s petition filed in that court was denominated “a suit in the nature of an equitable interpleader,” and contained the following allegations: that it had entered into a contract with Camden County…