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STATE v. MAYFIELD

Nos. 41461, 41558.

240 S.W.2d 106 (1951)

STATE ex rel. SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. MAYFIELD, Judge. STATE ex rel. ATCHISON, T. & S. F. RY. CO. v. MURPHY, Judge.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred W. Schwarz, St. Louis, Bruce A. Campbell, East St. Louis, Ill., for Southern Ry. Co., Fordyce, Mayne, Hartman, Renard & Stribling, St. Louis, Mo., Kramer, Campbell, Costello & Wiechert, East of St. Louis, Ill., H. G. Hedrick, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

John H. Lathrop, Sam D. Parker, Kansas City, for Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co., R. S. Outlaw, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Joseph B. McGlynn, East St. Louis, Ill., Roberts P. Elam, St. Louis, for Waldo C. Mayfield, Judge, etc., respondent.

Harvey B. Cox, Roberts P. Elam, St. Louis, for David J. Murphy, Judge, etc., respondent, Jerome F. Duggan, St. Louis, William F. Smith, Cox & Cox, St. Louis, of counsel.

VANDEVENTER, Judge.

These are two original proceedings in mandamus, seeking to compel two trial courts in the City of St. Louis to exercise discretion in ruling upon motions to dismiss under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. Each of these cases in St. Louis was brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.

The first case there was filed by Lelia M. Blevins, Administratrix...

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