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STATE v. KELLY

No. 47392.

327 S.W.2d 160 (1959)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. William R. DORSEY, Relator, v. Honorable John J. KELLY, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

September 14, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Dorsey, Clayton, relator and attorney for relator.

Harold S. Cook, Fred A. Eppenberger, St. Louis, for respondent, Cook, Murphy, Lance & English, Husch, Eppenberger, Donohue, Elson & Jones, St. Louis, of counsel.

James R. O'Connor, Fred B. Whalen, St. Louis, for petitioners Joseph F. Schiller and Veronica F. Schiller.

George E. Heneghan, St. Louis, amicus curiae, Heneghan, Roberts & Cole, St. Louis, of counsel for Catholic Charities of St. Louis; Fred Eppenberger, St. Louis, of counsel for Family and Children's Service of Greater St. Louis; James R. Blumenfeld, St. Louis, of counsel for Jewish Child Welfare Assn.

HOLLINGSWORTH, Chief Justice.

This is an original proceeding in which relator, William R. Dorsey, guardian ad litem of a female child, seeks to prohibit respondent, Honorable John J. Kelly, Jr., Judge of Division Seven of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, sitting as Judge of the Juvenile Division of said Court, from further hearing of a petition filed in said court by a husband and wife (to whom we will hereinafter refer as "petitioners") for adoption of said...

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