Moore v. Firstar Bank

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Judge.

Richard Moore (“Plaintiff’) appeals the dismissal of a suit he filed against Firstar Bank (“Defendant”) and the denial of a motion to amend his petition. We affirm.

On July 17, 2000, Plaintiff agreed to purchase a vehicle from Laurie Lund (“Lund”). Lund was a loan customer of Defendant, which held the certificate of title (“title”) to the vehicle at its depository facility in St. Louis as collateral for a loan. On the same day, Plaintiff paid the balance of the loan to Defendant, and Plaintiff and Lund instructed Defendant to deliver the title directly to Plaintiff…