STURGEON v. HOLTAN

No. 56604.

486 S.W.2d 209 (1972)

Jack E. STURGEON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Arnold HOLTAN et al., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

November 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clancy D. Tull, Kansas City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Don B. Roberson and James Morris, Kansas City, for respondents; Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Kansas City, of counsel.


LAURANCE M. HYDE, Special Commissioner.

Action for damages: first Count asking $100,000 actual and $100,000 punitive damages for false arrest; second Count $100,000 actual and $100,000 punitive damages for libel. The trial court entered a judgment of dismissal and plaintiff has appealed. We have jurisdiction because notice of appeal was filed in this court on February 22, 1971, Art. V, § 3, Missouri Constitution V.A.M.S., as amended in 1970.

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