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BARKER v. LEGGETT

No. 44255.

295 S.W.2d 836 (1956)

John T. BARKER and Floyd E. Jacobs, Appellants, v. C. Lawrence LEGGETT, Superintendent of the Insurance Department of the State of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri. En Banc.

November 12, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Becker, Columbia, Walter A. Raymond, John T. Barker, pro se, Floyd E. Jacobs, pro se, Kansas City, for appellants.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen. of Missouri, Harry H. Kay, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Missouri, for respondent.

STORCKMAN, Judge.

The plaintiffs, attorneys at law, brought suit in the Circuit Court of Cole County against the superintendent of the Division of Insurance of the State of Missouri "to recover a fee for legal services rendered the Division of Insurance under employment by a former superintendent." Plaintiffs assert the action is one in quantum meruit and allege the reasonable value of their services to be $275,000. The defendant's motion to dismiss was sustained...

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