COWAN v. GAMBLE

No. 42586.

247 S.W.2d 779 (1952)

COWAN v. GAMBLE et al.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

April 14, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon R. Boyer, Lamar, James L. Paul, Pineville, Al Lebrecht, Kansas City, for appellant.

Justin Ruark, Neosho, J. T. Pinnell, Pineville, for respondents.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

In this action for $25,000 actual and punitive damages for malicious prosecution the trial court has sustained the defendants' motion to dismiss the plaintiff's petition for the reason that the petition failed to state a cause of action. More specifically, the trial court was of the view that the petition failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, and the plaintiff refusing to amend...

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