Walton v. City of Berkeley

223 S.W.3d 126 (2007)

Elbert A. WALTON, Jr., Respondent,

v.

The CITY OF BERKELEY, Appellant.

No. SC 87996.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

May 15, 2007.

Donnell Smith, St. Louis, for Appellant.

Elbert A. Walton, Jr., Bernard F. Edwards, Jr., St. Louis, for Respondent.

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Special Judge.

The City of Berkeley appeals a judgment for $181,049 in favor of Elbert A. Walton, Jr., on Walton's claims for compensation relating to his service as city attorney. After opinion by the Court of Appeals, Eastern District, a dissenting judge certified the appeal to this Court. Mo. Const. art. V, sec.…