STATE EX REL. MIESNER v. GEILE

No. 53402.

747 S.W.2d 757 (1988)

STATE of Missouri, ex rel. Earl MIESNER and Pam Miesner, Respondents, v. Mary Ann GEILE, Circuit Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder of Deeds for Perry County, Missouri, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Southern Division.

March 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Hoeh, Perryville, for appellant.

Kim R. Moore, Perryville, for respondents.


CRIST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant (clerk) appeals the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus by the trial court directing clerk to issue a marriage license to respondents (relators) based upon their application filed with clerk. We affirm.

Clerk refused to issue the license based upon relators' relationship as uncle and niece. This relationship was created by the adoption of the female relator by the male relator's brother. Clerk based her decision on the authority...

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