Legal Opinion

Pollard v. Swenson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided February 6, 1967No. 24621PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CROSS, Judge.

William N. Pollard, an inmate of the Missouri State Penitentiary, brought this action against the warden of that institution by filing in the Circuit Court of Cole County a writing entitled “Petition for Declaratory Judgment”. Plaintiff’s petition is un-skill fully drawn and contains considerable extraneous matter in the nature of argument and conclusions. Nonetheless, it contains allegations substantially to the effect that plaintiff is a prisoner confined in the penitentiary as the result of a criminal conviction; that he intends to file a post-conviction legal proceeding in…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. City of Joplin v. Jasper CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
  2. City of Creve Coeur v. Creve Coeur Fire Protection DistrictSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
  3. State Ex Inf. McKittrick v. MurphySupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
  4. Wells v. Henry W. Kuhs Realty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1954
  5. Austin v. HarrisDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1964

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Higday v. NickolausMissouri Court of Appeals · 1971
  2. Missourians for Separation of Church & State v. RobertsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. Brennaman v. Andes & Roberts Bros. Construction Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1973
  4. Ferguson Police Officers Ass'n v. City of FergusonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  5. Rebel v. Big Tarkio Drainage District of Holt CityMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980

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