Civil Practice : Mandamus Relief – State Legal Expense Fund – Satisfaction Of Judgment

Where appellant sought to satisfy a judgment from the state’s legal expense fund as the next friend for four minor children in a wrongful death case, dismissal of the petition for a writ of mandamus is affirmed because the judgment was not final for purposes of mandating payment from the fund.

Judgment is affirmed.

Pryor v. Nelson (MLW No. 67219/Case No. WD77494 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Cole County, Joyce, J. (John M. Albright, Poplar Bluff, for appellant) (Robert L. Presson, Jefferson City, for respondent).

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