Klemme v. Best

BENTON, Judge.

Byron Klemme sued attorney Robert B. Best, Jr., and his law firm Watson & Marshall, L.C., alleging breach of fiduciary duty and constructive fraud. The circuit court dismissed the petition due to failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and the bar of the statute of limitations, § 516.120. 1 Following opinion by the Court of Appeals, this Court granted transfer. Mo. Const, art. V, § 10; Rule 83.03. Affirmed.

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