Robbins ex rel. Cookemboo v. Myers

CLEMENS, Commissioner.

At the threshold of this appeal we are faced with the question of our jurisdiction. If the “amount in dispute” exceeds $15,000, appellate jurisdiction is in the Supreme Court. Mo.Const., Art. 5, § 3, V.A.M.S.; § 477.040, V.A.M.S.

By Count I of the petition, minor plaintiff Grayling Robbins, by his next friend, sued defendant for $15,000 for personal injuries. By Count II, his mother, plaintiff Patricia Cookemboo, sued defendant for $750 medical expenses arising from the boy’s injuries. At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence, the trial court granted defendant’s motion for a…