GRANT v. FLETCHER

No. 38962.

564 S.W.2d 944 (1978)

Dorsey GRANT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Carol FLETCHER, Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Two.

April 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris B. Kessler, St. Louis, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ervin D. Davis, Charles Schroeder, St. Charles, for defendant-respondent.


STEPHAN, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from the dismissal of their petition for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We reverse and remand.

In the case of a dismissal of a petition for failure to state a claim, the petition is to be construed favorably and the pleader given "the benefit of every reasonable and fair intendment in view of the facts alleged, and if the pleader's allegations invoke principles of substantive law which may entitle...

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