74 Mo. App. 451 | Mo. Ct. App. | 1898
Even if it be true, as the defendants contend, that the superintending control over, inferior courts which is vested by the constitution in the circuit courts can only be exercised by the common law remedial writs of mandamus, certiorari and prohibition, except where otherwise expressly provided by statute, and that the
As was said by us in 65 Mo. App. loc. cit. 552, our order directing the circuit court to dismiss the appeal was in effect an order to strike the case from its docket. Up to that time there had been no appeal granted by the probate court, and therefore there was nothing to dismiss. The legal rights of the parties were just the same after this order of the circuit court was made as they were before it. It did not affect their rights in the one way .or the other.
It follows therefore that the judgment of the circuit court must be affirmed.