Silton v. Kansas City

GEORGE W. CLOYD, Special Judge.

In this action plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars from the defendants. This was the value which he places on a coin collection which allegedly disappeared after being deposited in a locker in the air terminal being operated by the defendant city. The lockers had been furnished by the defendant corporation. From an Order of Court below, sustaining a motion of defendants for summary judgment and dismissing plaintiff’s petition, plaintiff appeals. The amount in controversy vests jurisdiction in this Court.

From the allegations of…