SMITH v. LEWIS

No. WD 34058.

669 S.W.2d 558 (1983)

Katie Lee SMITH, Appellant, v. J. Joseph LEWIS, County Director, Division of Family Services, et al., Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Overruled and Denied November 29, 1983.

Application to Transfer Sustained, January 17, 1984.

Case Retransferred May 16, 1984.

Opinion Readopted May 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Benson, II, Susan Goering, Kansas City, for appellant.

Russell D. Jacobson, Kansas City, Legal Counsel, County Counselor's Office, for James Doe & Nancy Roe and Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney.

Scott A. Woodruff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent J. Joseph Lewis.

Jaci L. Morgan, Kansas City, Legal Counsel, Court Administrator's Office, for Austin Van Buskirk.

Before CLARK, P.J., and PRITCHARD and LOWENSTEIN, JJ.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Overruled and Denied November 29, 1983.

Court of Appeals Opinion Readopted May 23, 1984.

CLARK, Judge.

This case presents the issue of whether a petition filed by appellant Katie Lee Smith for false imprisonment states a cause of action sufficient to withstand a motion to dismiss. The trial court held it did not and ordered the cause dismissed as to all defendants. We reverse and remand the case...

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