STATE EX REL. SMITH v. GREENE

No. 57790.

494 S.W.2d 55 (1973)

STATE of Missouri, at the relation of Robert J. SMITH, Administrator of the Estate of John Galt, deceased, Relator, v. The Honorable Douglas W. GREENE, Judge of the Circuit Court of Greene County, Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt & Merritt, Oklahoma City, Okl., Farrington, Curtis & Strong, Thomas Strong, Lincoln J. Knauer, Springfield, for relator.

Morin, Dickstein, Shapiro & Gallagan, Washington, D. C., Williams, Connolly & Califano, Washington, D. C., Daniel J. Leary, Joplin, and Woolsey, Fisher, Clark & Whiteaker, Stephen P. Seigel, Springfield, for respondent.


SEILER, Judge.

Respondent announced his intention, unless prohibited, to strike the punitive damages portion of relator's petition for damage to personal property. This court has jurisdiction over original writs, Art. V, Sec. 4, Mo.Const.1945, V.A.M.S., and assumes jurisdiction over this case after relator first applied to the Court of Appeals, Springfield District, which denied his petition for writ of prohibition without prejudice.

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