STATE EX REL. SELSOR v. GRIMSHAW

No. 55094.

762 S.W.2d 868 (1989)

STATE of Missouri ex rel., Jerome SELSOR, Relator-Respondent, v. Patricia GRIMSHAW, Respondent-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

January 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Jerry Weber, Hillsboro, for respondent-appellant.

Ted Guberman, Festus, for relator-respondent.


REINHARD, Judge.

Respondent below, the city clerk of Kimmswick, appeals the trial court's peremptory writ of mandamus ordering her to issue the oath of office of Mayor of the City of Kimmswick to relator. We reverse.

A party seeking a writ of mandamus must show a clear and specific right to the relief sought. State ex rel. Snyder v. Aldermen of Pierce City, 91 Mo. 445, 3 S.W. 849 (1887); State ex rel. Westfall v. Crandall, 610...

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