STATE EX REL. WEBB v. SATZ

Nos. 60231 and 60269.

561 S.W.2d 113 (1978)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. Eunice WEBB and Randall Webb, Plaintiffs-Relators, v. Honorable Harold L. SATZ, Judge, Respondent. STATE of Missouri ex rel. NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC., Relator, v. Honorable Keith P. BONDURANT, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

February 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray A. Gerritzen, Gerritzen & Gerritzen, St. Louis, for relators.

John J. Hummell, G. N. Beckemeier, Jr., Holtkamp, Beckemeier & Liese, St. Louis, for respondent.

Stephen H. Ringkamp, Hullverson, Hullverson & Frank, Inc., St. Louis, for amici.

Lawrence H. Rost, New Madrid, for relator.

William E. Simmons, Kansas City, for respondent.


SEILER, Judge.

These two cases, which have been consolidated and were argued here on the same date, involve the question of the proper venue in an action involving only corporate defendants. More precisely, the question is whether the language of the final clause of § 508.040, RSMo 1969, authorizes suit to be filed in any county where at least one of the corporate defendants has an office or agent for the transaction of usual and customary business or whether...

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