Berry v. Dagley

LAURENCE R. SMITH, Special Judge.

Plaintiff’s action is to impose an equitable lien in the amount of $20,800 on assets in a decedent’s estate of which defendant is executrix. Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s order sustaining defendant’s motion to dismiss.

This court has jurisdiction because the amount in controversy, exclusive of costs, exceeds $15,000. Plaintiff filed Notice of Appeal to this court on Sept. 2, 1970. An amendment to § 477.040 of the Missouri statutes1 raised our jurisdictional amount from $15,000 to $30,000, but this amendment did not become effective until Sept. 11,…