State ex rel. Stroh v. Klene
Supreme Court of Missouri
Prohibition. The circuit court erred in requiring relators to produce documents for examination before the special commissioner taking depositions, and thereby exceeded its jurisdiction, (a) The law confers no such power on that court. Secs. 1944-1949, R. S. 1909; State ex rel. v. ' Taylor, 268 Mo. 312, 319. The order of production violates Section 11 of Article 2 of Missouri Constitution, because it compels production of irrelevant evidence.
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Prohibition. The circuit court erred in requiring relators to produce documents for examination before the special commissioner taking depositions, and thereby exceeded its jurisdiction, (a) The law confers no such power on that court. Secs. 1944-1949, R. S. 1909; State ex rel. v. ' Taylor, 268 Mo. 312, 319. The order of production violates Section 11 of Article 2 of Missouri Constitution, because it compels production of irrelevant evidence. Holcombe v. Hewson, 2 Campbell, 391; Bain v. Cla«!f 39 Mo. 252, 256; Paramore v. Lindsey, 63 Mo. 63, 65; Henry y. Woods, 77 Mo. 277, 281; Griggs v.…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This proceeding is based on an application filed in this court by relators for a writ of prohibition. It is directed against respondents, Judges Klene and Garesche, of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, and the Portage Rubber Company, the plaintiff in an action pending in the circuit court of that city, and out of which this proceeding arises. One of these judges succeeded the other in the discharge of judicial duties in the division of the circuit court during the pendency of this suit in which their exercise of jurisdiction is impugned.
The Portage Rubber Company, a corporation,…
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