Meier v. Thorpe

FLANIGAN, Chief Judge.

On July 10, 1986, plaintiffs Richard B. Meier and Cheryl Z. Clark filed this action in the Circuit Court of Phelps county against defendants Casper A. Thorpe, Rose M. Thorpe and Boatmen’s Bank of Rolla (formerly Centerre Bank of Rolla). Plaintiffs’ action is one for “wrongful foreclosure.” The petition alleged that on June 6, 1986, at the direction of the defendants, the trustee in a deed of trust sold land owned by the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs had previously executed the deed of trust in favor of defendants Thorpe, securing the payment of certain notes. The petition…