JACOBS v. LEGGETT

No. 44254.

295 S.W.2d 825 (1956)

Floyd E. JACOBS and John T. Barker, Appellants, v. C. Lawrence LEGGETT, Superintendent of the Insurance Department of the State of Missouri; George H. Bates, Treasurer of the State of Missouri; Haskell Holman, Auditor of the State of Missouri; Mount Etna Morris, Director of Revenue of the State of Missouri, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri. En Banc.

November 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Harry H. Kay, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.


STORCKMAN, Judge.

This is a suit for the recovery of attorneys' fees for services rendered by the plaintiffs pursuant to a contract with the superintendent of the Department of Insurance of the State of Missouri. The superintendent, the treasurer, the auditor and the director of revenue of the State of Missouri are sued in their official capacities. Plaintiffs' petition is in two counts: the relief sought in the first count is to recover the sum of $275,000 and to...

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