Supreme Court of Missouri October 30, 2007, SC 88464 (STATE EX. REL. CITY OF JENNINGS v. Riley)

STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR., Judge.

This case presents the question of where venue lies to bring a tort action against a municipality. Relator, City of Jennings, is a defendant in an underlying wrongful death action filed in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis and based on the alleged negligence of a Jennings police officer.