State ex rel. Danforth v. Levitt

DONNELLY, Justice.

Attorneys Joseph H. Moore and William E. Mounts, both licensed to practice law in the State of Missouri, filed a petition for declaratory judgment in the Circuit Court of Jackson County against the State of Missouri. In said suit, they alleged that they had been appointed to represent, and *20had represented, indigents charged with the commission of misdemeanors, and asked that Jackson County or the State of Missouri be held liable in an amount sufficient to compensate them for their services.

A summons was served at the office of the Governor on August 21,1973. No entry of…