Hampton Foods, Inc. v. Wetterau Finance Co.

GRIMM, Presiding Judge.

This case involves an action for breach of contract. The defendants’ motions to dismiss, alleging the action was barred by statute of limitations § 516.120(1),* were sustained. Plaintiff appeals; we affirm.

Plaintiff raises three closely related points on appeal: (1) the trial court erred in applying § 516.120’s five-year statute of limitations for contract actions instead of § 516.110’s ten-year period for actions “upon any writing ... for the payment of money or property”; (2) if Missouri courts have previously interpreted § 516.110’s ten-year statute of limitations to…