Missouri Court of Appeals, 1989

Simpkins v. Hardesty

Simpkins v. Hardesty
Missouri Court of Appeals · Decided November 21, 1989
787 S.W.2d 737; 1989 Mo. App. LEXIS 1630; 1989 WL 140009 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Simpkins v. Hardesty

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Plaintiff, an inmate, filed a small claims petition seeking a $107.00 judgment against defendants for property which he claims was taken from his cell while he was in temporary detention. The small claims court dismissed the petition for failure to state a cause of action. Plaintiff appealed to the circuit court, and after a trial de novo at which defendants did not appear, the court entered judgment for defendants. We affirm. No error of law appears, and an extended opinion would have no prece-dential value. The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only setting forth the reasons for our order affirming the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).

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