Burger v. City of Springfield

DALTON, Judge.

This is an action by which plaintiff seeks to recover $100,000 for personal services rendered the City of Springfield as a negotiator in the purchase of the property of the Springfield City Water Company, a public utility. The amended petition contains two counts in which different theories of recovery are set forth, as hereinafter stated. The trial court sustained a motion to dismiss both counts and plaintiff appealed.

The facts alleged as a basis for the plaintiff’s claim are substantially as follows: On June 25, 1956, the City Council of the City of Springfield, Missouri, duly…