State v. Schapeler

PRITCHARD, Chief Judge.

The issue is whether appellant produced sufficient evidence to make a prima facie case that respondent’s official domicile was in Jefferson City, Missouri, while he was Director of the Dairy Division, Department of Agriculture, after his appointment January 1, 1969, so that the state may recover some $6,000.00, reimbursement for travel, lodging and meals, etc., incurred in Jefferson City, allegedly wrongfully paid under the state’s travel regulations.

Trial was to the court without a jury, and at the close of appellant’s evidence, the court sustained respondent’s “motion…